Then I go in the den and turn on Law & Order, since the only thing i can really count on in life is that whenever I turn on the TV, there will be a Law & Order episode.

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

Everyone tried with me. And everytime, it felt like the whole point of life was to see if trying was ever enough.

I think that if you were somehow able to measure the weight of human kindness, it would have weighed more on 9/11 than it ever had. On 9/11, all the hatred and murder could not compare with the weight of love, of bravery, of caring. I have to believe that.

When first love ends, most people eventually know there will be more to come. They are not through with love. Love is not through with them. It will never be the same as the first, but it will be better in different ways.

I love you-I do-but I am afraid of making that love too important. Because you're always going to leave me, A. We can't deny it. You're always going to leave.

Dispel, v. It was the way you said, “I have something to tell you.” I could feel the magic drain from the room.