One of the hardest tasks as a human being is knowing when to keep an open mind, and when not to.

She would bring you some great book because she was a book matchmaker, because she loved books the way other girls loved clothes.

Cars are all jammed up all along the road and a light turns red and someone honks. In every one of those cars there is a story or a hundred stories. For every light on in al of those huge city buildings there is a story. No one knows what I am about to face and no one knows my story and neither do I right then.

You look so good," I say, and s***! Oh god, that's not what I meant. S***! "It looks good. The book.

You … You had always made the future feel safe. As long as you were in it too, beside me, I could be okay.

Darkness does this. It finds all the places you are hiding in. It finds all the things you are holding onto tightly and makes you let go.

The favorite game of temperamental people is Try to Guess Why I’m Ticked Off. (Contestant number one, Why do YOU think he’s pissed off? Why, I’m not sure, Bob, but I’m going to go with ‘Because I Left the Faucet Dripping.’ BEEP. I’m sorry, that’s incorrect. The correct answer is: ‘Because You Happen to Exist.’)