Good things, by their nature, are fleeting. It’s those that bring us grief that linger.

You know what the best part of the stars is?" "What's that?" "They're the same no matter what sky you're standing under. I mean...yeah, they might move or look like they're in a different place, but they're the same stars." "Yeah? So?" "So even if you're apart from someone you want to be with, you can look up at the stars and know they're looking at the same ones.

If I'd known it was going to be the last time he'd ever hold me, I'd have paid better attention.

We look at each other without saying anything, both of us smiling like idiots. I heart is so full I can’t believe it can possibly still beat without bursting right in front of me. My desire for him is so fierce I’m afraid to stand, because I know my knees will be too weak to hold me up, but there’s more than that. This great and bursting thing inside me is love.

Sometimes,” he said after a second that lasted a million years, “things get broken. And they can’t be fixed.

Sometimes,” Joe said after a bit, “it’s just easier to keep being what everyone expects you to be. Even if that’s what you’re not, anymore.

I've done my best to drive you away, Sadie," he said suddenly. "But you've never left me.