“I can live without a boy. So why does it feel like I'm going to die?”

“Once you've ridden the roller coaster, the Ferris wheel's kinda restricting.”

“Its so evident to me now that just because someone is a great guy doesnt guarantee well make a great couple, no matter how much I work at it and want it.”

“Ive been so caught up with mapping out a picture-perfect forever that Im completely neglecting my present, which I have far more control over anyway.”

“Im positive I wouldnt consider having sex with Guy if I hadnt already had sex beforehand. I always knew I wanted my first time to be with someone I loved and who loved me, which it was . . . but sh...”

“I used to think all that game playing was par for the course and even kind of exciting. It just felt logical to pursue a boy the same way I applied to collegeby expending exorbitant time and energy...”

“I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.”

“Well?" Ron said finally, looking up at Harry. "How was it?"Harry considered it for a moment. "Wet," he said truthfully.Ron made a noise that might have indicated jubilation or disgust, it was hard ...”

“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each others personalities. Who wouldnt? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But thats not the clever trick. The ...”

“The seeking of a mate shall be undertaken with due preparation and care. A life-bond should never be contemplated as a light thing--unlike a legal union or sanctified joining, the sealing of souls ...”

“I dont have cookie-cutter relationships, Rumi. Women arent iPhone apps that I download and discard!”

“In advising the heads of state to learn from tragedy rather than perpetuate its existence Robert Kennedy excalimed, "Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live." ...”