Daniel?" "Yes." "Did you ever think we were meant not to be together?" "No. We are meant to be together. We are just meant to want it very badly.

She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure than a life of quiet habits. But looking back was easy. It was the doing that was painful. There were plenty of things she would like to look back on but wasn't willing to risk.

Everything good requires sacrifices.

She existed in her friends; there she was. All the parts of herself she'd forgotten. She knew herself best when she was with them.

How could you cleanse yourself if you couldn’t forget?

The word friends doesn't seem to stretch big enough to describe how we feel about each other. We forget where one of us starts and the other one stops.

Carmen didn't like change, and she certainly didn't like endings.