“Somehow, the pain only makes it better, more intense, more worth it.”

“Lies are just stories, and stories are all that matter. We all tell stories. Some are more truthful than others, maybe, but in the end the only thing that counts is what you can make people believe.”

“Running is a mental sport, more than anything else. You're only as good as your training, and your training is only as good as your thinking.”

“I feel a flash of grief so intense it almost makes me cry out: not for what I lost, but for the chances I missed.”

“All human eyes are useless. You see only what you expect to see, and nothing more; and what is the use of sight like that?”

“I'm glad the choice is made for us. I'm glad I don't have to choose-but more than that, I'm glad I don't have to make someone else choose me.”

“The idea—the fact of it, the fact that he even noticed and thought about me for more than one second—is huge and overwhelming, makes my legs go tingly and my hands feel numb.”