We had pathetically simple dreams: to do meaningful work that we could be proud of, to be together, and to be happy.

Lying next to Eliza, I had the feeling I had I'd just found something I didn't even know I'd lost.

Fate is just another word for people's choices coming to a head. Destiny, coincidence, whatever you name it. It inevitably lies in our hands.

Committing suicide so as not to be murdered is the worst reason I've ever heard of to die.

Don't waste your time with fear.. Fear won't keep you safe from being hurt.

I took a closer look. Jesus had piercing blue eyes, dark hair that hung in a flawless mess, his body was emaciated and taut, his hands and feet dripped with blood, and nothing but a gauzy loincloth hid what looked like a nice package underneath. “Sexy,” I said. “He looks like a rock star.

I'd never seen that look on another face before, had never identified it in another person. I'd only met with it in fiction. But everyone falls in love with Holden Caulfield when they're sixteen. They read Catcher in the Rye and don't feel so alone.