“If you are quiet enough, you can hear life itself because your are at total peace with the world.”

“That's always the worst: the not knowing. Because then you're stuck with a hundred questions no one can answer.”

“You don't have to be anyone but yourself.”

“...I never would have seen Chelsea reach up, take Logan's face in her hands, and kiss him. So the off again was definitely on again. And I knew then that Patrick was very wrong about my heart, because if it had actually been an encyclopedia I could have watched it all with perfect composure.”

“Home alone with a wakeful newborn, I could shower so quickly that the mirror didn't fog and the backs of my knees stayed dry.”

“...everyone would wonder, 'What's he doing with her?' And then you'd say, 'Hmm, good question,' and you'd dump me. That wouldn't be nice.”

“Stupid patriarchal culture with stupid ideas of beauty—stupid me for going along with it.”