Two things compel me to move. First, the fear of being alone. I don’t want to be alone here. Second, the aching need to beat Blake in any way.

We are all trying to get over the person who broke our hearts. We are all far from perfect.

I’m glad we can be friends.”There’s that word again. It’s like a safe word.

I almost feel bad for declining, but I feel more terrible that I can’t stop looking at how his chest rises and falls with each of his frustrated breaths.

I didn’t know who I was or who I wanted to be until you stumbled into my life. I refuse to let you go.

Our scars make us who we are. Some scars are just deeper than others.

I mean, aren’t we all tormented by past relationships?

He tangles his hand in my hair, and the other cups my jaw. Although I have this all planned, his lips feel shockingly sweet, swollen and soft, and more like home every time

I chew my food, leaning back into the couch. “I loved him. That’s what dumb girls do.”“You aren’t dumb.”I try to hold back my smile. “I’m hanging out with you, aren’t I?

The truth is, I always want to kiss you.

When other girls were dreaming about love, she dreamt of love too, but in an entirely different context - the ones they took for granted.

Employment was invented to make education seem useful.

Science has helped us to understand and master ourselves, creating an elevated new form of human life, the wealth and beauty of which cannot be pictured today by the keenest imagination.

A girl who is thirteen-which is hard, and difficult, and beautiful, and painful, and exhilarating.

Religion is a very dangerous thing. By that I mean being so caught up in rules and regulations and not focusing on the thing that matters most- a personal relationship with God.

I think all of Manhattan has pretty much become a bar-slash-nightclub-slash-restaurant. There were always pockets of that. But now every corner of Manhattan is that.

Limits the Romans' anxieties to two things - bread and games.

As long as experiencing your optimal level of good stress doesn't damage others, it's hard to objectively define where normal enjoyment of stimulation becomes adrenaline junkiehood.

Your personal style should evolve with age. To say you want the same style at 25 as at 45 is a mistake.

Everyone is special in their own way.