“Heartbreak is its own form of amnesia.”

“Friendship, Roland realized, was its very own kind of love.”

“Sometimes love needed a lift from its guardian angels, to get its feet off the ground. But once it made its first early beats toward flight, it had to be trusted to take wing on its own and soar past the highest conceivable heights, into the heavens-and beyond.”

“Sometimes love was not about winning, but about wise sacrifice and the realiability of friends like Arianne. Friendship, Roland realized, was its very own kind of love.”

“Oooh!" Bill squealed. "Very rococo." "So, I'm really doing this? I'm just going to go down there and pretend--" (Luce) "No pretending." Bill shook his head. "Own it. Own that cleavage, girl, you know you want to.”

“And she never wanted to be around Cam. In her own lifetime or any other one.”

“After such an emotional day with her own parents, the thought nearly brought Luce to her knees with sadness. Daniel was alone in the world.”