Ted is smart and good-looking, but he doesn't use it to good effect, like a rich person that never gives to charity.

I guess I don't believe these things can ever be easy, although I also don't see why they have to be hard.

As long as we can conjure, who needs anything else? As long as we can agree on the magical lie and be happy, what more is there to ask for? “I loved you from that moment on,” I say. “I loved you from that moment on,” you agree.

There is the sudden. There is the eventual. And in between, there is the living.

I want love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything. It can't do anything on it's own. It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf.

The unwarranted devotion. Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone. The hope tinged with doubt, and the doubt tinged with hope. Every time I see these feelings in someone else's face, it weighs me down.

It's one thing to fall in love. It's another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.