and she had succeeded, on the second try, in hurling herself out of the world

To start with, look at all the books.

There comes a moment, when you get lost in the woods, when the woods begin to feel like home.

The perishable nature of love is what gives love its profound importance in our lives. If it were endless, if it were on tap, love wouldn't hit us the way it does.

It was as if, before she`d met him, her blood had circulated grayly around her body, and now ir was all oxygenated and red. She was petrified of becoming the half-alive person she`d been before.

It was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies.

We knew the pain of winter rushing up your skirt, and the ache of keeping your knees together in class, and how drab and infuriating it was to jump rope while the boys played baseball. We could never understand why the girls cared so much about being mature, or why they felt compelled to compliment each other.