i have never had anybody talk to me like this. this is not a flirty sixth-grade phone call or bantering with friends or words passed in a note. i feel that if my soul could talk it would talk like this.

Pride is allowed to have an element of worry, especially when you are a mother.

A year. A thousand kisses. And now a thousand one, a thousand two. There are so many other place we could have ended up, but I have to believe none of them would have felt this right. "All I want is you" is not entirely true. I want so much more, and with you I think I can get it.

There is no reason that we should ever be ashamed of our bodies or ashamed of our love.

... I love books about freaks," because I am one. You might be, too. Let's be freaks together?

If you stare at the center of the universe, there is coldness there. A blankness. Ultimately, the universe doesn't care about us. Time doesn't care about us. That's why we have to care about each other.

You made me lose my appetite, Boomer." "My mom tells me that all the time. Your family must be just like mine!