I write thank-you notes the minute I throw the wrapping paper away.

It was as familiar to me as a song I'd been hearing my whole life, covered by various people but the basic tune the same.

Only a real asshole takes liberties with someone else's car stereo. That's serious.

I thought of all the times we'd been together, how I kept coming closer, then retreating, while he stayed right where he was. A constant in a world where few, if any, really existed.

You're not a sucker. You're just nice. You give people the benefit of the doubt.

It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn’t want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering.

Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.