He could lose himself in her forever, he thought.

Tibby cried into her soup when it finally came. "I'm scared... ," she told it. The carrots and peas made no reply, but she felt better for having told them.

I killed her once and died for her many times

I like that you let yourself be surprised

I look back on my 20s. It's supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But you're making your critical decisions and sometimes your most critical mistakes.

You surround yourself with your pain or you avoid it and let it find you when you are trying to do other things

I sometimes think the stronger you feel about someone, the harder it is to picture their face when you are away from them.