Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want.

I imagine a line, a white line, painted on the sand and on the ocean, from me to you.

I have made my own choice, which is vegetarianism, but it's not the choice I'm imposing on anybody else.

We looked at each other until it felt like everything would burst into flames

The more you love someone, he came to think, the harder it is to tell them. It surprised him that strangers didn't stop each other on the street to say I love you.

No matter how much I feel, I’m not going to let it out. If I have to cry, I’m gonna cry on the inside. If I have to bleed, I’ll bruise. If my heart starts going crazy, I’m not gonna tell everyone in the world about it. It doesn’t help anything. It just makes everyone’s life worse.

Even if I don't like what I am, I know what I am. My children like what they are, but they don't know what they are. So tell me which is worse.