The unwarranted devotion. Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone. The hope tinged with doubt, and the doubt tinged with hope. Every time I see these feelings in someone else's face, it weighs me down.

If you want to be loved, be a lovable. It's a good place to start.

...because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life.

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.

Breathing is hard. When you cry so much, it makes you realize that breathing is hard.

It's as if when you love someone, they become your reason.

If you let the world in, you open yourself up to the world. Even if the world doesn't know that you're there.