When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.

Oh," says Owen, "but I would have, you know." "I know you would have," says Liz, "and knowing you would have is nearly as good.

Each period had required me to be a slightly different person, and that was exhausting. I wondered if school had always felt this way and whether it was like this for everone.

Should have. Would have. Could have. Didn't.

It's sad when you think about it, but also kind of beautiful.

I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be.

He told me that love was the only thing that really mattered in the world.