“I wonder if it's ever really possible to know the truth about someone else, or if the best we can do is just stumble into each other, heads down, hoping to avoid collision. I... wonder how many people are clutching secrets like little fists, little rocks sitting in the pits of their stomachs. All of them, maybe.”
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“How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust–and also to make you feel so whole?”
“I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even…”
“I guess that’s what saying good-bye is always like–like jumping off an edge. The worst…”
“If you’re smart, you care. And if you care, you love.”