People read vampire novels and say, Oh I want to read another vampire novel. People read fantasy, and theyre like, Oh I love fantasy. I dont know that people are necessarily finishing Hunger Games and immediately wanting to read another dystopian tale.

You spend so much time, so much effort, trying to hold yourself together. And then everything falls apart anyway.

the world loves stupid labels. i wish we got to choose our own.

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

People take love's continuity for granted, just as they take their body's continuity for granted. They don't realize that the best thing about love is its regular presence. Once you can establish that, it's an added foundation to your life.

I have no idea how he knows when I need him. We can go weeks without speaking, and then, when my blue moods threaten to turn black, he will show up and tell me my moods are azure indigo cerulean cobalt periwinkle and suddenly the blue will not seem so dark, more like the color of a noon-bright sky. He brings the sun.

A guy can do far far worse than surrounding himself with people who restore his faith in humanity.