You couldn't not notice the bruise on the side of her face. Or the hickey under her chin.

The first time he'd held her hand, it felt so good that it crowded out all the bad things. It felt better than anything had ever hurt.

Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.

It was the nicest thing she could imagine. It made her want to have his babies and give him both of her kidneys.

My girlfriend is sad and quiet and keeps me up all night worrying about her.

Don't bite his face, Eleanor told herself. It's disturbing and needy and never happens in situation comedies or movies that end with big kisses.

Everytime, he breaks your heart. And everytime, he expects me to pick up the pieces.

Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?''None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.

She wanted to lose herself in him. To tie his arms around her like a tourniquet.If she showed him how much she needed him, he'd run away.

If you can’t save your own life, is it even worth saving?

There's no reason to think we're going to stop loving each other, ' he said. 'And there's every reason to think that we won't.

The quest for knowledge shouldn't stop at the highest level of school education. It is a never-ending process.

I'd hate to be a teetotaler. Imagine getting up in the morning and knowing that's as good as you're going to feel all day.

The best football players in the world still earn very little money compared to people who really earn money.

Overnight stardom can be harmful to your mental health. Yeah. It has ruined a lot of people.

I smoke all the time, one after the other.

Who waite for dead men shall goe long barefoote.

'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.

Flowers represent hope for us; but we do not represent hope for them! Let us keep the flowers in the soil; no plucking!

And I think my sexuality was heavily repressed by the church, by the, you know, the design of the mortal sins.