“I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest.”

“...You never forget your first love. It’s the most awful feeling in the world to love someone who can’t love you back..”

“I thought I might cry, the way you do when someone gives you some kindness when you most need it but when it seems the most surprising thing.”

“It’s good to be with someone when you know you matter. Not assume,” she qualified, “but know. To be with someone, who even when you don’t think you want or need it, will stand up for you. Someone who sends you flowers and buys you magic wands. I’m not going to look around the corner for what’s next.”

“A fellow with the smallest mind is the one who is usually most willing to give someone a piece of it.”

“Look, do you want to come in? Because for someone who's not talking to me, you certainly seem to have a lot to say.”