Slowly would be better than not at all.

His books are kept on freestanding shelves hung at different angles on a sea-green wall. They defy gravity, as good books should.

I don’t want to know anything, and I want to know it all

So what else can I tell you?" I asked. "I mean, to get you to reveal Lily to me.

I've lost track of where friendship ends and falling begins. (this is the foolish refrain of the hopelessly devoted.) there are times I want to kiss you midsentence. undo the not-doing with one gesture.

When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.

I don't want to steal anybody's story. I very much want to use the stories that I hear to get lost in my mind, to tell a larger story.