“I love the idea that an abuse can be negated. And that the things most often disabused are notions.”

“When it all come down to it, the thing that matters most in a relationship is principles [...] We have the same idea what’s right and what’s wrong, and that’s got us through any number of things. If you can have that with someone, then you’re most of the way toward love. Not just lover-love. Any kind of love.”

“I get it. The things you hope for the most are the things that destroy you in the end.”

“Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.”

“Belonging. Togetherness. These words are as complicated and confusing as the word love. It’s probably all the same thing. Or it would be if we let it be. I can only guess from observation.”

“The most understandable thing in the world should be how minutes lead to hours, how hours lead to days, how days can make a year. And yet, this neat progression can still be surprising.”

“I want to write my life. I want to be able to write my life.You are a second away from saying it.You have no idea how much I love you.”