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.

Falling in love with someone doesn’t mean you know any better how they feel. It only means you know how you feel.

I was starting to think I was making up memories, just to have answers. Our brain does that sometimes. Or at least mine does.

Things are not magical because they've been conjured for us by some outside force. They are magical because we create them.

If there wasn't a word for it, would we realize our masochism as much?

Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life. No matter how many words there are, there will never be enough.

next to it was a dvd called 'as i get laid dying,' which had a hospital scene on the front. it was like grey's anatomy, only with less grey and more anatomy.