You're arguing that the fragile, rare thing is beautiful simply because it is fragile and rare. But that's a lie, and you know it.

I wanted to, you know, get my story out in the world, which, it turns out, is a very misguided notion.

That's the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.

Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.

I love you' really is the gateway drug of breaking up.

I got my wish, I suppose. I left my scar.

I hate the idea that, when it comes to books and learning, hard is often seen as the opposite of fun. It's strange to me that we should be so quick to give up on a book or a math problem when we are so willing to grapple, for centuries if necessary, with a single level of Angry Birds.