I don’t understand why things always go from perfect to weird with us. It’s like we’re incapable of normal human interaction.

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

I pull back, gasping for breath. Reeling. His breath is ragged, and I place my hands on his cheeks to steady him. "Is this okay?" I whisper. "Are you okay?" His reply is anguished. Honest. "I love you."

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice.

How many times can our emotions be tied to someone else's - be pulled and stretched and twisted - before they snap? Before they can never be mended again?

I've always thought the best relationships are those that are as happy and content in silence as they are in action [...]