“Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.”

“Being happily and successfully married is generally not so much a matter of marrying the right person as it is being the right person.”

“And then Jonah heard God’s voice. “Jonah, do you know what the difference is between you and the trees?” He was confident it was God because God usually asked questions but gave no answers. Jonah didn’t need a divine answer to this question, he knew it. “Yes,” he said. “The difference between me and the trees is that the trees let go of their leaves. I keep holding onto mine. The trees make room for new life. I don’t.”

“It's b******* to think of friendship and romance being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variatons of the same desire to be close.”

“It's bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be close.”

“Tamar noticed that she had never met a person she felt so comfortable being silent with.”

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