a man’s heart is a wretched, wretched thing. it isn’t like a mother’s womb. it won’t bleed. it won’t stretch to make room for you.

it’s so bad i wanna give you a zero but that’s not possible so i’m gonna give you a one.

I'm not engaged, nor will I be. Unless, it's to you, Anne, my Anne with an “e”. It always has been, and always will be you.

I know my life’s meaningful because I’m a good friend. I love my friends, I care about them, and I think I make them happy.

Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always.

you can put your strength down.

The number of hours we have together is actually not so large. Please linger near the door uncomfortably instead of just leaving. Please forget your scarf in my life and come back later for it

Who was to blame? She thought it was herself. She thought it was her mother, and her mother's mother, and the mothers of all their mothers, all the way back in time.

I was okay just a moment ago. I will learn how to be okay again.

They say nothing lasts forever they’re just scared it will last longer than they can love it

I'd decided that if the class was lame, I'd kill the instructor.

some days it feels like time is slipping through my fingers like water, as though one day i’ll wake up to find it all gone.

I miss you more than I remember you.

who am i if i can't carry it all?

My quiet angel, my gentle surrender. Do you know what emptiness you've killed just by existing?

Women have minds and souls as well as hearts, ambition and talent as well as beauty, and I'm sick of being told that love is all a women is fit for. But...I am so lonely.

If you had really loved something, wouldn't a little bit of it always linger?

Don’t worry. Your father is only your father until one of you forgets.

Who was to blame? She thought it was herself. She thought it was her mother, and her mother's mother, and the mothers of all their mothers, all the way back in time.

I was okay just a moment ago. I will learn how to be okay again.