I’d tie our hearts together, chamber by chamber.
Break life into bites you can swallow.
Please don’t choke to death, Bunce. Imagine the humiliation of dying at The Cheesecake Factory.
You were extremely helpful for someone who doesn’t care at all about anything outside of herself.
We’re not made of pieces that come apart.
I never thought I’d be the first thing you ever gave up on.
You can be cynical if you want.” “I am.” “But cynicism doesn’t accomplish anything.” “Untrue,” I say. “Cynicism saves lives.
It isn’t letting someone down to be depressed.
This is what people do. They get close and try to stay there. They stay. They keep trying to hold onto each other, even though it’s not really possible, I don’t think. Because people are always moving, aren’t they? But this is what they do. They keep trying.
You shouldn’t focus on the bad things,” he said. “Because you draw them toward you. Happiness is about focusing on good things and drawing those things toward you.
Is Simon okay? I mean, obviously, no, never. The real question is – what kind of not-okay is he at the moment? And what do I need to do to deal with it?
What’s the plan?” she asked. He grinned. “My plan is to do things that make you want to hang out with me again tomorrow. What’s your plan?” “I’m going to try not to make an ass of myself.” He grinned. “So we’re all set.
Making people happy makes me feel good. If anything, it gives me more energy for the people I care about.
You’re all I want,′ I say. It comes out softer than I mean it to, like my lungs are more insecure than my head.
I can only confront a limited number of my mistakes at once – there are too many for me to cope with concurrently.
All Normals need help!
It’s like I dreamed of kissing him in black-and-white, and now I’m kissing him in colour.
I’m breathing. I’m tired. ‘What if it never gets better?’ I say. ‘What if I never get better at any of this?
Some lives we squander,” he said. “And some we seize.
He looks kind and interesting. And then he starts talking to them, and they like him even more. Because he’s even kinder than they were expecting, and he’s as interested as he is interesting. Almost no one is that.