“I try not to be scared, you know. But I still ruin everything. I still fuck up.”

“I could stand up and go to her and kiss her. I could. But there is still too much to be ruined.”

“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”

“Thanks for not trying to see me when I looked like hell.”“To be fair, you still look pretty bad.”

“I don’t know a perfect person. I only know flawed people who are still worth loving.”

“When she fucked up, all those years ago, just a little girl terrified into paralysis, she collapsed into the enigma of herself. And that could have happened to me, but I saw where it led for her. So I still believe in the Great Perhaps, and I can believe in it in spite of having lost her.”

“You know what's lame, Pudge? I really care about her. I mean, we were hopeless. Badly matched. But still. I mean, I said I loved her... I mean, it's stupid to miss someone you didn't even get along with. but I don't know, it was nice, you know, having someone you could always fight with.”