The first time she kissed me, I truly thought I'd had an aneurysm - my pulse was thundering so loud and my senses were exploding. This, I remember thinking, the only word I could hold on to in a sea of feelings.

You didn't get past something like that, you go through it -- and for that reason alone, I understood more about her than she ever would have guessed.

You don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?

I don't understand why it's a sin if you love something and want to keep it from having to suffer.

On a really dark night, you can see between 1,000 and 1,500 stars, and there are millions more that haven't been discovered. It is so easy to think that the world revolves around you, but all you have to do is stare up at the sky to realize it isn't that way at all. -Brian Fitzgerald

What you notice is the loneliness. Daniel started to isolate himself, because it hurt less than being pushed away.

You can be strapped to the most stable chair and still feel the world give way beneath you.