Not every man was sorry when he hurt a woman.

Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you.

Stability was overrated. Crises and adventures, on the other hand, could actually teach you something.

Her life was monotonous, but it kept her out of trouble. . . . This, her father would say, was called being an adult.

Sometimes people who had been together for a long time got to imagining that things used to be better, even when they weren't.

When you know something’s wrong, but you don’t know exactly what it is, the air around you changes.

Those who decided to stick with her would be her true friends. The others would just be scenery.