I'd rather be broken than wasted.

Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy.

My girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her.

I don’t want to kiss a stranger,” Cath would answer. “I’m not interested in lips out of context.

His parents never talked about how they met, but when Park was younger, he used to try to imagine it. He loved how much they loved each other. It was the thing he thought about when he woke up scared in the middle of the night. Not that they loved him--they were his parents, they had to love him. That they loved each other. They didn't have to do that.

I just had this feeling about you," she said. "Is that foolish?" "I hope not.

He already knows what I look like," Cath said. "There's no point in being tricky about it now." "How is doing your hair--and maybe putting on some lip gloss--being tricky?" "It's like I'm trying to distract him with something shiny.