I gave you the best of me, he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd done exactly that.

That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

You are, and always have been, my dream.

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

I want you to be.... happy.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.

May God point right path for you.

I am thankful that sacrifice is non-negotiable, and that counting the cost in giving to another is foolishly assuming that we can put a price on sacrifice.

I did shoplift but I didn't get in trouble for it. I shoplifted a lot when I was little. Candy. I would steal candy.

Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

Do I open it? Do I open it? Of course I freaking open it!

Wise is the man who says what needs to be said, but not all that could be said.

I'd love to compete in the Summer Olympics.

I don’t need to ring anyone. I said I’m dying. I didn’t say I wanted to live.

Impressing a bunch of snooty teenagers is a pretty lame life goal to have.