That's why people grow weary of listening to Dumpees obsess over their troubles: getting dumped is predictable, repetitive, and boring. They want to stay friends; they feel smothered; it's always them and it's never you; and afterward, you're devastated and their relieved; it's over for them and just starting for you.

You matter as much as the things that matter to you do.

Breaking up isn't something that gets done to you; its something that happens with you.

And I put the latte down on a table, awash in the happy middle of my greatest adventure.

One day, you’re 17 and you’re planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life.

I kept it for myself like a keepsake, as if sharing the memory might lead to its dissipation.

Peeing is like a good book in that it is very, very hard to stop once you start.