“I'd be staring at you and thinking, I should ask, I should ask, I should ask; do you want to be in a stable monogamous relationship for the rest of your life?”

“Those who choose differently must suffer the consequences. They must take the pain their decisions bring.”

“Spoil all the walls with sellotape marks.”

“I wonder if I should believe what she says. But when you're not strong in yourself, anyone can tell you anything and you'll fall for it.”

“When you're looking for a relationship, the process weakens you. you feel you have to bear with whatever the other person wants. Each of the people I have met has made this a little more clear.”

“I sometimes go and sit there. it is my museum of broken things.”

“work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it, because in fact everything in life does count on it.”

“Happiness [is] only real when shared”

“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”

“Some increase happens within us and are not seen by the outside world”

“So... today the magic happens from 16 in 17 years old.”

“He's looking at me intensely now like he can read my mind. Which of course, he can. Maybe I'm an open book, or maybe love is like a magnifying glass straight into the souls of those who own your he...”