“if you think of a relationship as a living entity, I guess it's one thing if the missing two percent is, like, a fingernail. But when it's the heart, that's a whole different ball of wax.”

“I know Mark,' I reply. 'And I don't like him.''But I do. And part of being social means being civil to someone you don't like.''That's stupid. It's a huge world. why not just get up and walk away?''Because that's rude,' Jess explains.'I think it's rude to stick a smile on your face and pretend you like talking to someone when in reality you'd rather be sticking bamboo slivers under your fingernails.”

“Just when you think you've got your life by the reins, that's when it's most likely to run away with you.”

“I think there are two different oceans - the one that plays with you in the summer, and the one that gets so mad in the winter.”

“When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth.”

“I know what it's like when the things you believe make you feel like you're on the outside looking in.”

“They were different places in that same relationship, and like anything that's out of alignment, they were destined to crash sooner or later.”