You have to digest life. You have to chew it up and love it all through.

Knowing he was suffering pained me. That’s the way love tangles you up. I couldn’t stop loving him, and couldn’t shut off the feelings of wanting to care for him— but I also didn’t have to run to answer his letters. I was hurting, too, and no one was running to me.

People belong to each other only as long as they both believe. He stopped believing.

Dogs are easy. If their tails are up and their eyes are soft, you're in.

I'd never met anyone so vibrant or alive. He moved like light.

But in the end, fighting for a love that was already gone felt like trying to live in the ruins of a lost city.

I preferred to look at the sea, which said nothing and never made you feel alone.