“First loves can fuck you up.”

“I'd been preparing myself to apologize. Forgive and forget, as Mom says. "Fuck you," I said.”

“I love who you are. Because you accept me for who I am. You make me laugh, sometimes even at myself. And you make me happy.”

“I really wanted something, giving myself permission to screw up wasn't an option”

“Do you have a name I asked?" I asked."Yes." He stared back at me, blinking."What is it?""Clover." He looked away and typed something into the computer. His mouth kept twitching, like he was trying to hold in laughter."Seriously?"He pushed his sleeve up, giving me a view of a blue clover tattooed on his forearm. "I'm half Irish."And half shithead.”

“She knows her place in this world. She can tear down its walls, and still nobody knows her name. - Naomi”

“If you like someone, you tell the truth because that, to me, is respect. If you hate someone, you tell them the truth because what do you have to lose?”