““You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.””

“We reason deeply, when we forcibly feel.”

“Eventually he will only be a memory of what you didn’t want from love.”

“You don’t want to let go, but don’t want to be hurt, either. It’s not a great place to be but what can I tell you?”

“The most frightening sound in the world is your own heart beating. No one likes to talk about that, but it is true. In the midst of deep fear, it’s a secret beast pounding a giant fist on some inner door, demanding to get in.”

“Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don’t.”

“…In my heart there was a kind of fighting That would not let me sleep.”

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should’ve behaved better.”

“She was afraid to want things for herself. She didn’t think she deserved them.”

“You don’t stop loving someone just because you hate them.”

“She was still waiting for him to come back to her, even though he wasn’t going to. She was still holding out for something that wasn’t going to happen. She was good at waiting. That seemed like a sad thing to be good at.”

“The best way I can love you is by not losing myself in you, but growing with you.”