I didn't want to talk about what happened, so it seemed safest not to talk at all.

Once, this had been the life I’d wanted. Even chosen. Now, though, I couldn’t believe that there had been a time when this kind of monotony and silence, this most narrow of existences, had been preferable. Then again, once, I’d never known anything else.

And to know me, as you have discovered, is to love me.

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

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

There are worse addictions than reality TV, chocolate and coffee.

What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you are. Who doesn't see you as a project, but a prize. you know?