Do you know why I left America, Lidewij? So that I would never again have to encounter Americans." "But you are an American." "Incurably so, it seems.

I enjoy writing about people falling in love, probably because I think the first time you fall in love is the first time that you have to figure out how you're going to orient your life. What are you going to value? What's going to be most important to you? And I think that's really interesting to write about.

Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn't the way they actually are... People are different when you can smell them and see them up close.

We all matter - maybe less then a lot but always more than none.

Idiotically, it occurred to me that my pink underwear didn’t match my purple bra, as if boys even notice such things.

You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that's an insult to me. I know about you.

People are such idiots. As if there's something wrong with being in love.