“Pain was simply an inevitability of living, and I had to learn how to trust him with his own, as I trusted him with mine.”

“I hated myself, and the part of me that was cowardly wished for a simple solution: an exchange of pain for forgiveness. But life didn’t work that way, and fucking up was forever.”

“And now he smiled at me. All teeth. The way only people who hadn’t learned self-consciousnessknew how to smile.”

“Love doesn't just go away when it becomes inconvenient.”

“It's not what you do, it's what it means.”

“There’s risk inherent in most things that matter.”

“Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words.”

“Words themselves aren't that important. Even if somebody says words that shock you, or make you want to kill them, or make you tremble with emotion, the words themselves you tend to forget in time....”

“If I disagree with you sometimes, it's because I have a mind of my own.”