"Love finds you in the forgiveness at the tail end of a fight. Love finds you in the empathy you feel for someone else. Love finds you in the embrace that follows a tragedy. Love finds you in the celebration after the conquering of an illness. Love finds you in the devastation after the surrender to an illness."

"I don’t feel lost in him at all, because it’s the first time I’ve ever felt like someone truly found me."

"Love is not found, love finds."

"Sometimes people want what they can't have and confuse that with feelings for another person."

"Every day of my life it feels as if I'm fighting my way up an escalator that only goes down. And no matter how fast or how hard I run to try to reach the top, I stay in the same place, sprinting, getting nowhere."

"It’s impossible to defend yourself against inexperience and age. "

"Sometimes we don’t get second chances, Owen. Sometimes things just end."

"Selflessness. It should be the basis of every relationship. If a person truly cares about you, they'll get more pleasure from the way they make you feel, rather than the way you make them feel."