One day you're going to learn something that can't be explained with science. And when that happens, your life's going to change in ways you can't imagine.

I’ve lost someone, too,” he reminded her. “It’s not the same!” She squeezed the bridge of her nose, trying to stifle her tears. “I was so mean to him. I quit the piano! I blamed him for everything, and I didn’t say more than a few words to him for three years! Three years! And I can’t get those years back. But maybe if I hadn’t been so angry, he might not have gotten sick. Maybe I caused that extra… stress that did all this. Maybe it was me!

I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.

Did you hear that Mitch? Your mom thinks you're beautiful.

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.

If hers are the stars in the nighttime sky, mine are the haunted empty spaces in between.

When I was seventeen, I don't think I even knew what love was. But when it's right, it's right, and you just know it.