“sometimes, how a situation is perceived carries more weight than the reality of the matter.”

“But I'll say this, if what looks like the facts of the matter are conflicting with your feelings, then you need more information before deciding”

“Testing her sexuality, she thinks she's caught a beautiful fish, when in reality, she's netted a shark.”

“I'd always disparaged the games people played in pursuit of love--or the next hook up. The whole thing was a competition to see who could get how far, and I could never figure out if there was more luck or skill involved, or some unknowable combination of the two. People rarely said what they thought, or revealed how they felt. No one was honest.”

“It isn't fair how I doubt him, and I wonder if he'll ever gather that my loss of faith extends further than I'd ever known it would, severing lines of trust and leveling my confidence like a city-flattening tornado.”

“And I’m okay, I really am, most of the time. But sometimes, I’m just not.”

“I suppose love is never a sure thing, no matter what words are spoken. Love requires a leap of faith into the abyss, every time.”