“I've never seen anyone get so excited over books before. You'd think they were diamonds.”

“I adore Wilkie Collins,” Tessa cried. “Oh—Armadale! And The Woman in White …Are you laughing at me?”“Not at you,” said Will, grinning, “more because of you. I’ve never seen anyone get soexcited over books before. You’d think they were diamonds.”“Well, they are, aren’t they? Isn’t there anything you love like that? And don’t say ‘spats’ or ‘lawn tennis’ or something silly.”“Good Lord,” he said with mock horror, “it’s like she knows me already.”

“I get the feeling you'd rather pine over someone you can never possibly be with than try being with someone you can.”

“And then you'd turn to me and smile that funny smile, and I know you'd forgotten all about me and just remembered -- but I was never mad at you. Half of your attention is better than all of anyone else's.”

“Some people value sentiments over diamonds.”

“Hearts are breakable," Isabelle said. "And I think even when you heal, you're never what you were before".”

“You're not so bad. You'll get there. You should have seen Alec do flips at first. I think he kicked himself in the head once.”