“Some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle.”

“the party line is that some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle, but i think they do it to make us feel important”

“And when you say the truth you get stronger.”

“We tend to have things a little bit easier than girls. And we tend to assume therefore that the world was built for us, and that we’re, you know, the culmination of everything that came before us. And then we get told that having a little bit of this attitude is called balls, and that balls are good, and we kind of take it from there”

“I was happy about different things. I was happy because someday I'd be walking across this bridge looking at this city, owning some piece of it, being valuable here.”

“She's pretty." (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.)”

“I don't-" I shake my head. (...) "What? What were you going to say?" This is another trick of shrinks. They never let you stop in midthought. If you open your mouth, they want to know exactly what you had the intention of saying.”