You don’t have to be sad to miss someone and wish they were still in your life.

Macy: "Listen, I can't pretend to be the queen of good advice, here. I've had more boyfriends than I can count, and I'm not so sure that's any better than not having any. But I do know this. When you find someone who makes you smile and laugh, when you find someone who makes you feel safe, you shouldn't let that person go just because you're afraid." Elle: "And you're not afraid of it ending?" Macy: "Sure I am, But I'd rather have something this good for a little while than have nothing forever

Does madness bring creativity? Or does creativity cause madness? Can an artist create without the ups so high and the downs so low?

When everything changes we learn who we really are. What’s really important. What we want most. We discover the truth in moments of disarray.

This is the truth. I have been in love. I have been in lust. I’ve made good choices and bad ones, I have been smart and I’ve been stupid. But I have never in my life felt the way I do now, here, with Will.

If you're lucky, the friends you make when you're sixteen stay with you for the rest of your life. If you're smart, you know when it's time to let them go.

Sometimes grief is a comfort we grant ourselves because it's less terrifying than trying for joy.