Some people should never meet.

I found out early that you can throw yourself away, missing what you've lost.

Everyone else we knew growing up is the same: image of their parents, no matter how loud they told themselves they'd be different

I am not good at noticing when I'm happy, except in retrospect.

I wasn't sure I could make it through another hour of his company without throwing my stapler at his head.

Take what you want and pay for it, says God. You can have anything you want, as long as you accept that there is a price and you will have to pay it.

I wanted to tell her that being loved is a talent too, that it takes as much guts and as much work as loving; that some people, for whatever reason, never learn the knack