Beaches, music, and car rides—they could all bring on a sudden bout of deep, dreamy thoughts.

Most people, it seems like they've only got one part of the equation down. Caring for themselves, or caring for someone else. And I'v learned how important it is to have both.

Look right at it. Know you can." Dad said. "Look right at that fear. Fear is the biggest bullshitter.

It's shocking the things we call love.

You wouldn't match Melanie and me up, and if we hadn't gotten stuck together as lab partners in junior high science, I doubt if we'd have matched us up either. I'm not sure why we even stuck, except that we each probably find the other to be entertaining...Besides I feel like it was a personal mission of mine to broaden Melanie's world, though I think she felt the same for me.

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.

Blessed books—they’re a place to be alone, and no one else can come in.