“They say when you fall in love in love with someone that person becomes like a drug,an addiction you don't want to live without.”

“Someone here died, I realize. Someone these people loved and cared for. I’m not the only person in the world tangled up in grief.”

“I think joie de vivre as optimism about one's life and the ability to enjoy what you have without worrying too much about what you don't. Finding joy in the everyday isn't necessarily easy, but it helps a lot to share your life with someone you love.”

“Those who fervently love God are intoxicated by His warmth and live out their addiction like moths drawn to a flame.”

“I can't do it. It would be like, say, trying to fall in love with somebody, or trying to convince yourself that your favorite food is pancakes. You don't decide those things, they just happen to you. If God is real, He needs to happen to me.”

“Whenever you don't know someone and you overhear their problems they always sound so trivial.”

“Attie, even when you find that boy who belives you´re beautiful and falls head over heels in love with you, the love won´t be perfect. It will be flawed, just like the boy who gives it.”