So the fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets. Emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent.

That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

Something inside me had dropped away, and nothing came in to fill the cavern.

When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it.

Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves.

"I believe you," she whispers after a moment. "Please find my mind."

The faintest gleam of their lost memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts.