“this is the rough part, okay? so just stay tuned for the good part. i promise it'll come soon.”

“If I go out there now, I'll freeze my balls off. Not that I'm putting them to any good use whatsoever, but I still like to have them, just in case.”

“Crying is almost totally avoidable if you follow two simple rules: 1. Don't care too much. 2. Shut up.”

“I say good-bye to the part of myself that misses him so much.”

“by saying you don't care if the world falls apart, in some small way you're saying you want it to stay together, on your terms.”

“Maybe there's a way to keep us in this moment. Not the sad part. But the coming together part.”

“me: just don't ask about his forty-three ex-boyfriends, okay? or ask him about why he's carrying around an axe.mom:...me: i'm kidding about the axe part.”