“Feeling someone else’s anger is bad; being left alone is worse.”

“The unwarranted devotion. Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone. The hope tinged with doubt, and the doubt tinged with hope. Every time I see these feelings in someone else's face, it weighs me down.”

“i feel bad for her - i do. a damn shame, really, that i had to have a mother. it can’t be easy having me for a son. nothing can prepare someone for that kind of disappointment.”

“Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone.”

“Falling in love with someone doesn’tmean you know any better how they feel. It only means you know how you feel.”

“It's one thing to fall in love. It's another to feel someone else falling in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.”

“I wonder if it's possible to have happiness without it being at someone else's expense.”