I know the odds are all against me and I know you might not feel this way too but I know I would rather die trying to know if I could mean something to you

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.

Things rarely get fixed the way they need to be.

This, I think, is how people survive: Even when horrible things have been done to us, we can still find gratitude in one another.

...he hopes that maybe it'll make people a little less scared of two boys kissing than they were before, and a little more welcoming to the idea that all people are, in fact, born equal, no matter who they kiss or screw, no matter what dreams they have or love they give.

When first love ends, most people eventually know there will be more to come. They are not through with love. Love is not through with them. It will never be the same as the first, but it will be better in different ways.

Neophyte, n. There are millions upon millions of people who have been through this before-- why is it that no one can give my good advice?