“I don't know if it was love or an illusion. I don't know if there's ever a way to be certain.”

“The only characters I ever don't like are ones that leave no impression on me. And I don't write characters that leave no impression on me.”

“Sometimes we don't know how afraid we are until we've reached a strange door and we don't know what will be on the other side.”

“In the distance I see a lighthouse. The light washes over us and continues on its rotation. This time, I don't know where the light will guide us.”

“I don't realize how badly I've needed to say those words until they've left my mouth. They hang in the air. And all I want now is to be away from them. To leave the truth behind. Because if I can't do anything about it, I certainly don't want to face it.”

“And it only seems fitting that, in this moment of illusion, the words just come out of me. "I love you, too.”

“He looks at me, and I don't know what he sees. I used to think it was Rose. But she's not here with us now, in this room. It's just him and me, and the books. I feel like our lives are in those books. I feel like all the words on the pages are for us.”