“It was that impossible thing: happiness that does not wilt to reveal the thin shoots of some new desire rising from within it.”

“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It's always our self we find in the sea.”

“None of us can choose where we shall love...”

“The Bible doesn’t tell us exactly why God wasn’t satisfied with the fruits and veggies Cain offered up. Maybe he kept the juiciest peaches and sweetest mangoes for himself and offered God nothing but brussels sprouts and spinach.”

“I know your soul. Everything else is just an ornament.”

“Etiquette tip: If you're looking for the right time to leave a party, when the host yells, "No one leaves here alive," that's your cue.”

“Another thing I don't want on my tombstone," Shane said. You have others?" Claire asked. He held up one finger. "I thought it wasn't loaded," Shane said. Second finger. "Hand me a match so I can check the gas tank." Third finger. "Killed over ice cream. Basically, any death that requires me to be stupid first.”

“It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.”