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.

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

As many have discovered, it is entirely possible (although not particularly desirable) to love two people with all your heart. It is entirely possible to long for two lives, to feel that one life can't come close to containing it all.

Maybe if I'd been braver in that moment, I would have cried.

We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works

Let's stay young forever. Young, stupid, and pretty. Sounds like a plan, don't you think?

Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book.