❛ when it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction. ❜
❛ even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. ❜
❛ that’s what kills you. ❜
❛ all i can say is what you already know: some days are treasure. ❜
❛ sometimes the prizes are real. sometimes they are precious. ❜
❛ people think first love is sweet, and never sweeter than when that first bond snaps. ❜
❛ that first broken heart is always the most painful, the slowest to mend. ❜
❛ what’s so sweet about that? ❜
❛ passing time adds false memories and modifies real ones. ❜
❛ when you see the darkness creeping toward you, you hold on to what was bright. ❜
❛ you hold on for dear life. ❜
❛ if a man wanted to be in charge of his life, he had to be in charge of his problems. ❜
❛ i’m not sure anybody ever gets completely over their first love. ❜
❛ part of me still wants to know what was wrong with me. what i was lacking. ❜
❛ it doesn’t have to be the last good time. ❜
❛ i’ve discovered there’s a lot to be said for boredom. ❜
❛ nothing screws with memory like repetition. ❜
❛ we rarely get what we imagine in this world. ❜
❛ this is a badly broken world, full of wars and cruelty and senseless tragedy. ❜
❛ the gate is the key to the kingdom. ❜
❛ the devil can quote scripture. ❜
❛ unrequited love does have its attractions for young men. ❜
❛ what’s a self-respecting amusement park without a ghost? ❜
❛ several times we had been very close to “it”, but “it” just never quite happened. ❜