“When you don't know where you're headed, you find places no one else would ever think to explore.”

“I know what love is. When you find the person you are supposed to love, bells ring and fireworks go off in your head and you can't find the words to speak and you think about him all the time. When you find the person you are supposed to love, you will know by staring deeply into their eyes.”

“Do you ever go back?"Ruthann nods, "When I need to remember where I came from, or where I'm headed.”

“There is a place in you that you don't even know exists, where you can simply stand back and watch without feeling any pain.”

“I don't know why it's called "getting lost." Even when you turn down the wrong street, when you find yourself at the dead end of a chain-link fence or a road that turnd to sand, you are somewhere. It just isn't where you expected to be.”

“Because hate's just the flip side of love. Like heads and tails on a dime. If you don't know what it feels like to love someone, how would you know what hate is? One can't exist without the other.”

“Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're grown up.”