"In his or her own way, everyone I saw before me looked happy. Whether they were really happy or just looked it, I couldn't tell. But they did look happy on this pleasant early afternoon in late September, and because of that I felt a kind of loneliness new to me, as if I were the only one here who was not truly part of the scene."
"Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt."
"I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning."
"Everything was too sharp and clear, so that I could never tell where to start- the way a map that shows too much can sometimes be useless."
"What happens when people open their hearts?""They get better."
"With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy."