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Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.

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You're desperate, and so am I,' I said. 'Desperate people make stupid decisions all the time.'"P244

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I know what it is to become something you hate, I know how it hurts. But life is full of hurt. And your capacity for baring it is much greater than yo...more

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This body had carried me through a hard life. It looked exactly the way it was supposed to.

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What a person did when they were in pain said a lot about them.pg 459

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I may be in pain, but I am not weak.

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I have something I need to tell you," he says. I run my fingers along the tendons in his hands and look back at him. "I might be in love with you." He...more

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I don't want to cry for Edward- at least not in the deep, personal way that you cry for a friend or loved one. I want to cry because something terribl...more

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A chasm reminds us that there is a fine line between bravery and idiocy.

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Eric called Al's suicide brave, and he was wrong. My mother's death was brave. I remember how calm she was, how determined. It isn't just brave that s...more

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Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn to liquid. Or burst into flames.

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What is it with you today?” says Christina on the way to breakfast. Her eyes are stillswollen from sleep and her tangled hair forms a fuzzy halo aroun...more

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Can you be a girl for a few seconds?""I'm always a girl" I frown."You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl"I twirl my hair around my finger. ...more

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Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, it's facing the death you know is coming.

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I wish I could tell him that we’re going through the same thing. I wish I could speak to him like I want to instead of like I’m supposed to. But the i...more