“Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already.”

“You asked why I couldn't forgive you," Nick said, very quietly, and I jumped a little. "It was because you were the love of my life, Harper. And you didn't want to be. That's hard to let go.”

“When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart when that breaks it s completely silent. You would think as it s so important it would make the loudest noise in the whole world or even have some ... Read Moresort of ceremonious sound like the gong of a cymbal or the ringing of a bell. But it s silent and you almost wish there was a noise to distract you from the pain. If there is a noise it s internal. It screams and no one can hear it but you. It screams so loud your ears ring and your head aches. It trashes around in your chest like a great white shark caught in the sea it roars like a mother bear whose cub has been taken. That s what it looks like and that s what it sounds like a trashing panicking trapped great big beast roaring like a prisoner to its own emotions. But that s the thing about love no one is untouchable.”

“... "You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming.”

“Of all our games, love's play is the only one which threatens to unsettle the soul...”

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

“If you plan to build walls around me, know this—I will walk through them.”

“There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, 'Consume me'.”