Love seems to be something to approach with caution, as if you'd come across a wrapped box in the middle of the street and have no idea what it contains.

We're as good at talking ourselves out of fear as into it, aren't we? Maybe better.

... But then again, a person could turn ugly. Their actual look could change when their actions were repulsive.

All of us create our own versions of an event, of our lives, even, not because were liars, necessarily, but because we can only see and understand the truth from our own viewpoint, and a shifting viewpoint at that.

We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth.

she wonders if we feel more regret for the things we do or for the things we didn't do

Sometimes you've got to make a mess before you clean it up.