A lot of friendship is about practice, that’s something I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older. It’s not simply some spiritual soul-bond of memories and longings, it’s really about having coffee every week, or talking on the phone every day or every other day - whatever suits you.

Someday when you're twenty, maybe, I'll see you again. You'll be this hot soccer star at some great school, with a million guys more interesting than I am chasing you down. And you know what? I'll see you and I'll pray you want me still.

You couldn't erase the past. You couldn't even change it. But sometimes life offered you the opportunity to put it right.

There were certain qualities you possessed carelessly. And you couldn't retrieve them when they were gone. The very act of caring made them impossible to regain.

Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.

I agree that a love of reading is a great gift for a parent to pass on to his or her child.

You should find him because he loves you.