But it was too late now. A lifetime too late. A million wishes too late.

Please come to me, Cat, because there's no surviving you. You don't have to love me back. You don't have to be mine. Just let me be yours.

Sooner or later everyone was driven to love someone they could never have.

Because handsomeness is always accompanied by vanity. And I suppose ugliness is accompanied by a wealth of virtues?

What does your gut tell you?" "My gut and I aren't currently speaking to each other

I wondered how many times in my life I had done something just because I wanted to without weighing the consequences.

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.

The question, love, is whether you want me enough to take the risk.

And it occurred to me that friendship was a lot more dependable, not to mention long-lasting, than love.

You could run to the farthest corners of the earth. There's no place you could go where I wouldn't love you. Nothing you could do to stop me.

Why is life so difficult for some people and not for others? Why do some people have to struggle so much?

I like pessimists. They’re always the ones who bring life jackets for the boat.

I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined

The problem with chasing after happiness was that it wasn't a destination you could reach. It was something that happened along the way.

If I listened to your advice, I'd be making your mistakes instead of my own.

If my love can hold you, I'll keep you with me.

There are some experiences in life they haven't invented the right words for.

There's only one thing a bully respected: bigger bully.

Make your choice and accept the consequences.