“The problem with secret crushes: in the absence of requital the love turns bitter.”
“I want to pretend there's such a thing as requited love. As the endurance of love.”
“Unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.”
“Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To love is the road to strength. To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe.”
“The problem in my life and other people's lives is not the absence of knowing what to do but the absence of doing it.”
“...unrequited love does not die; it's only beaten down to a secret place where it hides, curled and wounded. For some unfortunates, it turns bitter and mean, and those who come after pay the price for the hurt done by the one who came before.”