“In the end....everything matters.”

“Because it may seem like a small role now, but it matters. In the end, everything matters.”

“Everything...affects everything”

“Hannah wasn't my first kiss, but the first kiss that mattered: the first kiss with someone who mattered.”

“Everything seemed good, but I knew it had the potential to be awful.”

“I wanted to tell you everything. And that hurt because some things were too scary. Some things even I didn’t understand. How could I tell someone—someone I was really talking to for the first time—everything I was thinking?I couldn’t. It was too soon.”

“You don’t know what goes on in anyone’s life but your own. And when you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re not messing with just that part. Unfortunately, you can’t be that precise and selective. When you mess with one part of a person’s life, you’re messing with their entire life. Everything. . . affects everything.”