“If I seem to not want to be with him now, its only because love scares me too, more than manipulation, because love is a choice I make and not something forced upon me. I trust him, but I dont trus...”

“Yes, I whisper so the others wont hear, but being afraid is good because it means I still have more to lose.”

“There is only one thing in this world worse than dying and thats watching someone you love die insteadyou feel their pain with no final solace.”

“Id rather not know what lies ahead because I like the dark. I like thinking there is something good in the places I cant see. And thats not ignorance. Thats just hope.”

“People have always expected the end of the world to be a dramatic, thematic event: war, disease, a sudden explosion. But what if the end of the world has already occurred? What if our final demise ...”

“When you find a truth that surpasses your desire to fit trends and meet approval, you can be certain its worth fighting to spread.”

“While there is nothing wrong with physical desire per se, and wanting a partner who you consider to be physically attractive, you should also understand that if you are serious about finding that s...”

“You don’t know what love is until you find it,” he whispered, “but when you do, promise me you won’t let it go. Promise you’ll seek it out even when you’re scared it’ll hurt.”

“here she is, all mine, trying her best to give me all she can. How could I ever hurt her? But I didnt understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can...”

“Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could never have him.”

“Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”