He kissed me, though not in a sexy way. Gentle. Tender.

It is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a gap.

A place isn't a place until it has a bookstore.

Hi there," squeaked a precocious little voice, "you are speaking to Chloe Fusakawa, and I have just learned how to answer the phone.

Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it. Maybe I’ll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens, that’s when I’ll deserve you. But now, at this moment, you can’t hook your boat to mine, because I’m liable to sink us both.

Why do two people fall in love? It's a mystery.

My heart was a little bit broken, but I still had to go to school. I buttoned my dress shirt over it and my winter coat, too. I hoped it didn't show too much.