I always get lost in the library,' he said, 'no matter how many times I go. In fact, I think I get lost there more, the more that I go. Like it's getting to know me and revealing new passages.

Nothing before you counts," he said. "And I can't even imagine an after." She shook her head. "Don't." "What?" "Don't talk about after." "I just meant that... I want to be the last person who ever kisses you, too.... That sounds bad, like a death threat or something. What I'm trying to say is, you're it. This is it for me.

He always kept me just on the edge of crazy. Feeling like I wanted him too much, which just made me want him more." "That sounds excruciating.

These things end,” she said. “They always end. Nobody marries their first love. First love is just that. First. It’s implied that something else will follow.

And sometimes you held somebody’s hand just to prove that you were still alive, and that another human being was there to testify to that fact.

I look like this because I'm alive," Reagan said. "Because I've had experiences. Do you understand?

I don't have to forgive you, Cath said. It's not like that with you. You're just in with me. Always. No matter what happens.