“Kids aren't supposed to have to figure out how to be happy. They just are.”

“If you're drowning for real, and nobody believes you, then you sure as hell better figure out how to swim.”

“No one had ever told them they might need each other one day, an for some reason, they hadn't figured it out themselves.”

“An event in the present evokes past sensations. But science couldn't explain how a foolish heart had the power to overrule common sense.”

“That’s how it is with infants. The minute the pain’s gone, so are the tears. If more people would do that, the world would be a happier place.”

“Fear and love were sometimes the same thing both necessary unavoidable. Now she understood that it was okay to bleed if you know how to heal.”

“Here's the thing about broken hearts. You can always survive them. Always. No matter how deep the hurt, the capacity to heal and move on is even stronger.”