Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

She's not classically beautiful, but somehow that only makes her more interesting.

He knew that there was a difference between something that makes you happy and something that doesn’t make you unhappy. The trick was convincing yourself these were one and the same.

These days her entire life was about making people believe she was someone she wasn't anymore.

In nineteen minutes, you can mow the front lawn; color your hair; watch a third of a hockey game. In nineteen minutes, you can bake scones or get a tooth filled by a dentist; you can fold laundry for a family of five. In nineteen minutes, you can stop the world; or you can just jump off it.

I can get 400 pages down the road and still not know the answer. What I do know is that I have really examined every facet of the situation, and I may not have changed my opinion but I have definitely forced myself to explore why it's my opinion.

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.