“Sometimes the things we dream about are merely the heart's way of protecting us from what we really want, and what we're really afraid to lose.”

“Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash.”

“I don't have any regrets, really, except that one. I wanted to write about you, about us, really. Do you know what I mean? I wanted to write about everything, the life we're having and the lives we might have had. I wanted to write about all the ways we might have died.”

“Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.”

“For every thing that we are, there are a million things that we're not. And usually, those million things are what we really want but can never have.”

“...Our heats want the good to win. We're still afraid, we still make mistakes, but if we listen to what our hearts want, we will find the right way.”