You build a wall to keep something unwanted out … or to hold something precious in.

I didn't want to see her because it would make me feel better. I came because without her, it's hard to remember who I am.

You can't hate someone until you know what it might be like to love them.

Just when you think you've got your life by the reins, that's when it's most likely to run away with you.

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

I realized it was like looking into the sun—you shouldn't do it, because you'd turn your face away and be blind to everything else.

One person's trauma is another's loss of innocence.