Every time you love someone, you put not just your faith in them, but your faith in everything to the test.

You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.

this blue shirt i have is practically the same color as my jeans, and looking all-blue is something only cookie monster can pull off.

I guess I don't believe these things can ever be easy, although I also don't see why they have to be hard.

"I want you to spend the night," you said. And it was definitely your phrasing that ensured it. If you had said, "Let's have sex," or "Let's go to my place," or even "I really want you," I'm not sure we would have gone quite as far as we did. But I loved the notion that the night was mine to spend, and I immediately decided to spend it with you.

Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

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