“What happened to romance? sappy soppy longhand love letters.”

“It's easier to fake it. When you fake it for sixteen years, it becomes part of you, something you don't think about.”

“I can't go on like this”

“The whole thing was like a divorce. When we divided everything up, Courtney got my dignity, and I got the heartache.”

“Of course, maybe I'd end up like one of those crazy old people with, like, sixty cats. And one day, the neighbors would complain about the smell, and it would turn out I'd died and the cats had eat...”

“Everyone can use a little beauty.”

“It would be so great to have someone my own age to talk to, even if it was just about books.”

“Sometimes it also helps to have a bit less pride.”

“A memory came to me. One time, in middle school, a famous author came to talk to our class and give a writing workshop. One of the things she told us about writing a novel was that the story should...”

“That's how it is with want. As long as you lack something you yearn for it without cease. if only I could have that one thing, you tell yourself, all my problems would be solved. But once you get i...”

“Alice suspected Paul couldnt really picture his father, just like she couldnt picture Paul when he was away. Maybe that was the case with people you wanted more than was good for you.”

“I want, I dont want.How can one live with such a heart?”