“wanting something does not make it real.”

“Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real.”

“What is real?" Asked the boy. "It is a thing that happens to you when a girl loves you for a long time. Not just to play with," Noah said. "But really loves you." "Does it hurt?" Asked the boy. "Sometimes. When you are real you don't mind being hurt.”

“But you know what their real problem with me was? I never wanted to be one of them. That’s what bothers bullies the most.”

“He looked down at me, all sincere and open and with that chaos hair in his eyes and I wanted and didn't want and I had to say something.”

“If I were to live a thousand lives, I would want to make you mine in each one of them.”

“I'm not sure you can appreciate how much I want to lay you out before me and make you scream my name.”