People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated.

If we measured life in the things that almost happened, we wouldn't get anywhere.

She knew what it felt like to stand in front of someone and ask them to love you, to try to pull them to you by the sheer force of your desire, a force so strong it felt as though you were going to die from it.

My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for the sweetness to linger. Sort of like chocolate, but without the calories

I should let people in. If they leave, they leave. If I break, I break. It happens to everyone. Right?

When your cup is empty, you do not mourn what is gone. Because if you do, you will miss the opportunity to fill it again.

Everything was quiet, a strange sort of quiet that felt like an unfinished sentence.