“Don't you dare counsel me. A cause isn't love, Penelope. Love breaks you wide open.”

“Now I see why you have no trouble getting laid," she said softly. Tru swallowed. "You didn't before?""No. You're kind of an asshole." "No more than anyone else," he said with a shrug. "Less than some." She frowned up at him. "But you should be better." "Why the hell would you think that?" "Because you're Tru.”

“Don't you know? We're connectedby an invisible chain. It's very long, verylight. But also very strong. It can't rust.Can't break. And the only thing that can sever it is if you ever stop loving me.”

“Life. It's your birthday present. Open it up and play with it. Act like you like it. (The One who gave it to you is watching, after all. Don't want to hurt his feelings.) And if you don't like your life, CHANGE IT. It is all yours.”

“I still care for you, you know..That phrase again. Everyone cares for me. They just don't know how to love me.”

“When you love someone, you don't want to hurt them, even if they deserve to be hurt. When you love someone, you want to hurt them, even when they don't deserve to be hurt.”

“Don't cry for publishers, paper books ain't dying.”