There's got to be a moment when that baby [flying] squirrel looks from the end of one branch to the tree six feet away and thinks twice about making a leap. Falling in love is no different; it's the moment that we close our eyes and throw away everything that seems reasonable and hope to God there's someone or something waiting to catch us on the other side.

Then Henry speaks again. "Did he do it?" I turn to him slowly. "Does it matter?

I'm not saying you did the wrong thing. I'm not even saying it wasn't something I'd thought of doing, myself. But even if it was the just thing to do, or the fitting thing, it still wasn't the right thing.

The best relationships were the ones where both sides went out of their way to make sure the other wasn't disappointed.

Lies were only as strong as the suckers that believed them.

You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thing of all.

Parents aren’t the people you come from. They’re the people you want to be, when you grow up.