You don't smoke do you?" "No, why?" "They're afraid of fire." "Great, we're going to be eaten alive because neither of us smokes." I almost laughed. He sounded so thoroughly disgusted.

Sometimes the greatest wounds are the ones we try the hardest not to inflict.

It would be nice if you’d stop almost killing me because you don’t want to screw other peo­ple.

I hated missing the end of anything. I was always convinced that the bit I'd miss would be the best part.

My boyfriends are all more romantic than I am, and so are my lovers.

If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid.

I laid my hand on top of theirs, and all I could think was, Is this how revolutions begin? Not with a proclamation or a riot, but with a few people in a room somewhere with their hands clasped and a purpose.