“It's so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself.”

“It was so easy to disown what you couldn't recognize, to keep yourself apart from things that were foreign and unsettling. The only person you can be sure to control, always, is yourself. Which is a lot to be sure of, but at the same time, not enough.”

“Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something. ”

“But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it.-Eli”

“You can't always get the perfect moment. Sometimes, you just have to do the best you can under the circumstances.”

“Being nice was the ideal, the one place where people didn't get loud, or so quiet they could scare you. If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. But being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.”

“So you should remember that, when you're thinking about what other people can deal with. Maybe it's not so bad.”