“Is that what relationships become? A reduced version of the hurt, nothing else let in. It was more than that. I know it was more than that.”

“This hurts more than anything else because I cannot stop it.”

“Doing things for someone else is what I love most about relationships, even more than having stuff done for me.”

“Every American should be forced to live outside the United States for a year or two. Americans should be forced to see how ridiculous they appear to the rest of the world! They should listen to someone else's version of themselves--to anyone else's version! Every country knows more about America than Americans know about themselves! And Americans know absolutely nothing about any other country!”

“There was nothing more painful than hurting someone you loved.”

“But remember this if nothing else: I love you more than there are words or stars. I love you more than there are thoughts and feelings. I love you more than there are seconds or moments gone or to come. I love you.”