I have always been aware of how I break. I know what kind of situations will break me. I know what kind of people will do it. I know how much it will hurt.

I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will.

aloof, adj. It has always been my habit, ever since junior high school, to ask that question: “What are you thinking?” It is always an act of desperation, and I keep on asking, even though I know it will never work the way I want it to.

The words that matter always stay.

Ted is smart and good-looking, but he doesn't use it to good effect, like a rich person that never gives to charity.

To get something you must give something away. To hold something you must give something away. To love something you must give something away.

this might be the happy ending without the ending