That's the question, isn't it?" you said one night. "Does death bring freedom, or is it the end of freedom?

Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving

you ask me what I'm looking for, and I outline you. you don't recognize the shape, offer other names. you say my time will come, and I hope.

Now when I have to remember a date, all I have to do is consult my rap sheet.

Holden Caulfield is the embodiment of what we mean by the phrase “young adult” – too young to be a grown-up, but too wise to the world to be completely innocent. He’s caught in the in-between, and that in-between is what all young adult authors write about.

There has to be a moment at the beginning when you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself.

Jesus died for our sins," Noah says solemnly. "What?!?" I reply, choking back my thoughts. "I was just seeing if you were listening.