“It's the habit that gets you.”

“It's your life. If you don't make it so that you get what you want, nobody else will.”

“So you try, and try, to move past it and forget about them, but it's like they're stuck in your head -- you can't just flip a switch and stop loving them! So you hate yourself for it because you know it's no use, but nothing you do seems to ever make a difference.”

“We love the idea of transformation, so we can make ourselves something more than just ordinary. It's why you're doing this, isn't it?" she asked. "You don't want to settle for what you are; you want to be more. You want to win.”

“I love getting older," I muse as I carefully begin to peel the layers away. "You're closer to death, but there are presents.”

“This is about me. And how I will never get to be one of those girls, no matter how much I hope and pray and want it.”

“You can die of a broken heart -- it's scientific fact -- and my heart has been breaking since that very first day we met. I can feel it now, aching deep behind my rib cage the way it does every time we're together, beating a desperate rhythm: Love me. Love me. Love me.”