“You can change the exterior in a fairly short period of time, but the heart takes a whole lot longer.”

“Heat prickled my cheeks. My palms went clammy. Love is a lot like food poisoning.”

“I could almost feel hope latching onto my heart and pulling it upward.”

“When you look at a person's eyes or her smile, you can't tell how much she weighs.”

“One thing about stern teachers is that if you ever actually get a compliment out of them, it truly means something.”

“Memories, sprang up in the most unusual ways, happy little gifts—as long as you didn’t let the sadness creep in.”

“It's amazing when you think about it, all the possibilities, the things that might happen in this brief life if you're brave enough to try.”