“Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash.”

“Memories lurk like dustballs in the backs of drawers. The stereo is a special model that plays only music fraught with poignant associations.”

“I'm a romantic you have to be to marry four times. ”

“The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.”

“There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.”

“The moral of the tale is, don't live for the approval of others. The real you is here to find out the secret of life, not to satisfy someone else's opinion.”

“I love you" I say."I love you, too" he says. "I'll see you soon.”

“We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest." He...”

“When her body first hit the net, all I registered was a gray blur. I pulled her across it and her hand was small, but warm, and then she stood before me, short and thin and plain and in all ways un...”

“Marrying a woman who was reckless must have been the ultimate reckless act, requiring a lifetime of balancing to keep both of them safe”