I couldn't help what I'd done before I learned it was wrong. I could only do better in the future.

Now I know there are ways to belong to someone that don’t take anything away. A relationship shouldn’t impose limits—and if it does, then it’s wrong. A lover should help you exceed your potential, not clip your wings.

Time is fluid, so the moments where everything feels perfect pass in a wink, and those where you're on your knees in despair drag on like the death of a thousand cuts.

Yet sometimes being a friend meant letting people do things that hurt, like putting distance between you, just because it made them happy.

You ever have that feeling? Like you’ve known someone your whole life but you don’t know them at all.

Nobility and self-sacrifice sound wonderful in theory, but now he’s seen how it feels. A dead hero is still dead at the end of the day, and you’re still alone.

It's only a sure defeat when you stop trying.