Real people had real agendas, real demands, real expectations about how other people should behave.

In another place, in another time, she would have felt the majesty of the beauty around her, but as she stood on the beach, she realized that she didn't feel anything at all. In a way, she felt as if she weren't really here, as if the whole thing was nothing but a dream.

I've come to believe that in everyone's life, there's one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything.

in all the years we spend together, I never once regretted the fact that I had chosen her and that she had chosen me as well.

I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.

Miles: Well, things are kind of complicated right now. When you’re a grown-up, you’ll understand. Jonah: I don’t want to be a grown-up. Miles: Why not? Jonah: Because grown-ups always say that things are complicated.

I just tell people what they already know but are afraid to admit to themselves.