“But nothing violates the rules of shutting up and not caring so much as flirting - except possibly for that enchantingly horrible moment when you act upon the flirting, that moment where you seal your heartbreak with a kiss.”

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

“I can flirt with the best of them, but only when it doesn't matter.”

“It was one of those moments when you feel the future so much that it humbles the present.”

“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.”

“There has to be a moment at the beginning where you wonder whether you’re in love with the person or in love with the feeling of love itself. If the moment doesn’t pass, that’s it—you’re done. And if the moment does pass, it never goes that far. It stands in the distance, ready for whenever you want it back. Sometimes it’s even there when you thought you were searching for something else, like an escape route, or your lovers’ face.”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.”