Cold,” he said, pressing a finger to my pale wrist. “Not cold so much as underoxygenated,” I said. “I love it when you talk medical to me,” he said. He stood, and pulled me up with him, and did not let go of my hand until we reached the stairs.

I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.

The phrase booze and mischief left me worrying I'd stumbled into what my mother referred to as "the wrong crowd," but for the wrong crowd, they both seemed awfully smart.

weltschmerz: its the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you think it should be.

I wouldn’t have a career if it weren’t for independent bookstores.

"And how are you feeling?" asked Patrick."Oh, I'm grand." Augustus Waters smiled with a corner of his mouth. "I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend."