I am breathing. In dreams, we never bother to breathe.

I want to write my life. I want to be able to write my life. You are a second away from saying it. You have no idea how much I love you.

This is what love does: It makes you want to rewrite the world. It makes you want to choose the characters, build the scenery, guide the plot. The person you love sits across from you, and you want to do everything in your power to make it possible, endlessly possible. And when it’s just the two of you, alone in a room, you can pretend that this is how it is, this is how it will be.

For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes from that.

detachment, n. Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it.

I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave. I don't know if I've ever realized it before,[...] I think we both realize it now. If there's no feeling of fear, then there's no need for courage.

When the shock wears off, you always hope there's understanding underneath.