“When reason sleeps, the monsters of repression will emerge.”

“Love, Laurel, that's the only reason to get married. For love.”

“Life is too short to read books whose cleverness makes them impenetrable. A good book should keep you awake at night, flickering through pages as you promise yourself just one more chapter; they shouldn't put you to sleep as you tackle a paragraph for the fifth time.”

“The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in repose. An unguarded moment, stripped of artifice, when one forgets to fool even oneself.”

“...when you love someone you’ll do just about anything to keep them.”

“She was the breeze on a summer's day, the first drops of rain when the earth was parched, light from the evening star.”

“Nighttime is different. Things are otherwise when the world is black. Insecurities and hurts, anxieties and fears grow teeth at night.”