I wish the world would swallow us here, whole, in this moment. And that's when it hits me that this - this - is falling in love.

Umbrellas are so small and sad and easy to forget.

You should show encouragement whenever you can. People try harder when they know that someone cares about them.

Because that's the thing about depression. When I feel it deeply, I don't want to let it go. It becomes a comfort. I want to cloak myself under its heavy weight and breathe it into my lunges. I want to nurture it, grow it, cultivate it. It's mine. I want to check out with it, drift asleep wrapped in its arms and not wake up for a long, long time.

What’d I tell you about musicians? That bad boy type will only break your heart.

I wish for the thing that is best for me.

Foreign novels are less action-oriented. They have a different pace; they’re more reflective. They challenge us to look for the story, find the story within the story.