There is no word for our kind of friendship. Two people who don't see each other a lot, but can make each other effortlessly happy

That word again. Happy. It’s a curse. The pursuit of happiness makes us deeply unhappy. It’s a trap.Before anything else happened, there was me in bed, thinking of who you used to be. I don’t want you to think I forgot.

I'm not a very happy person," I told him."But sometimes I can trick myself into thinking I am.

I get it. The things you hope for the most are the things that destroy you in the end.

I see no sin in a kiss. I only see sin in the condemnation

My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont be afraid to write a bad book. Give yourself permission to fail, and dont be afraid.

If we actually thought about every decision we made, we'd be paralyzed ... You have to decide which decisions you're actually going to make, and then you have to let the rest of them go.