“Do you love me enough that I am allowed to be damaged? Do you love me enough that I am allowed to be weak in some places?”

“What about those Promises of yours to never leave me? she asked, stammering too much this time. His cruel smirk was as gut-wrenching as his words Promises are meant to be broken, sweetheart.”

“The way your curious eyes were chasing mine when I stood in front of you, I knew I had known these eyes before.”

“I feel the paineverywhere.”

“I threw myself so far in your depth that it took me a month to come out and notice I was actually sitting in my room. Nowhere else. Not with you.”

“Someday, even my existence would be felt.”

“For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.”

“I was blind and heart broken and didn't want to do anything and Gus burst into my room and shouted, "I have wonderful news!" And I was like, "I don't really want to hear wonderful news right now," ...”

“This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice.”

“I loved you unabashedly in the rain, you were real, raw, accustomed to pain. I loved you mostly in the rain, where you exposed your broken soul, unashamed, dancing despite it all.”

“My parents say youre no good, Elijah. I exhaled and killed the cigarette in the grass.Laughing, Elis eyes went to my lips and his hands touched my bare midriff. Really? And what do you say?He had b...”

“I loved you unabashedly in the rain, you were real, raw, accustomed to pain. I loved you mostly in the rain, where you exposed your broken soul, unashamed, dancing despite it all.”

“Like time suspended, a wound unmended-- you and I. We had no ending, no said goodbye; For all my life, I'll wonder why.”

“Closure is an American lie used to justify revenge. Healing is getting used to the pain, learning to be damaged.”

“Thats the hope, isnt it? To see your family in your time of dying.”