You'd rather make up a fantasy version of somebody in your head than be with a real person.

There are moments in life that you wish with all your heart you could take back. Like, just erase from existence. Like, if you could, you'd erase yourself right out of existence too, just to make that moment not exist.

I need you to know that no matter what happens, it was worth it to me. Being with you, loving you. It was all worth it

Seventeen's not so young. A hundred years ago people got married when they were practically our age." "Yeah, that was before electricity and the Internet. A hundred years ago eighteen-year-old guys were out there fighting wars with bayonets and holding a man's life in their hands! They lived a lot of life by the time they were our age. What do kids our age know about love and life?

It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.

I didn't want to make the same mistake my parents made. I didn't want my love to fade away one day like an old scar. I wanted it to burn forever.

We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything.