“I stood there and stared at it—this colorful expanse of paper, with its topographic mountain ranges and changeable shades of blue to depict the various depths of the ocean—and saw a map of the world, but knew it wasn’t mine. My world was much, much smaller”

“I don’t stay anywhere. I visit. I observe. I leave. I don’t ever stay.”I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do with this information. Tell him to leave? Tell him to stay? But I don’t have time to consider any other alternatives, because he scoots in closer and brings his hands to my face, and I fall back into the bookcase as he kisses me with this intensity—like he wants to be here, and if he kisses me just long enough, deeply enough, none of what he just said will actually be true.”

“And I know I need to invite him over for dinner, because there's no question. This is serious.”

“I, for one, am ready for a lot more adventure and a lot less nothing.”

“Al final estaré tan solo como al principio.”

“Poner a prueba el destino y jugar con el no siempre tiene consecuencias evidentes e inmediatas, al final algo acaba saliendo mal.”

“Da igual si estaba escrito o no; no me corresponde a mí cambiarlo solo porque puedo.”