Superstitions are man's way of trying to control things he has no control over.

But one thing she [Rachel] did believe in was love. She believed that you could smell it, that you could taste it, that it could change the entire course of your life.

Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.

Her grandmother used to tell her that a pink sky meant someone in the distance had just fallen in love . . . .

How could someone with a life this full feel this empty?

Some people don't know how to fall in love, like not knowing how to swim. They panic first when they jump in. Then they figure it out.

If anyone had been paying attention to the signs, they would have realized that air turns white when things are about to change, that paper cuts mean there's more to what's written on the page than meets the eye, and that birds are always out to protect you from things you don't see.