If it had been easy for Romeo to get to Juliet, nobody would have cared. Same goes for Cyrano and Don Quixote and Gatsby and their respective paramours. What captures the imagination is watching men throw themselves at a brick wall over and over again, and wondering if this is the time that they won't be able to get back up.

think about it: Romeo and Juliet bucked the system, and look where it got them. Superman has the hots for Lois Lane, when the better match, of course, would be with Wonder Woman.

My chest feels full of glitter and helium, the way it used to when I was little and riding my father's shoulders at twilight, when I knew that if I held up my hands and spread my fingers like a net, I could catch the coming stars.

do you fix a wheel that isn't broken, or do you wait until the cart collapses?

We Pisces, we're a special breed.

When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.

This isn't a lie, actually. I don't care why Edward left. All I really want to know is why I wasn't enough to make him stay.