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It's only a game if there is an absence of meaning. And we've already gone too far for that.

yearning n. and adj. At te core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.

Here's what breaks us: Even though we know better, we still want everything to be all right.

this is what i never allowed myself to need. and of course what i've been needing all along.

What I learned The well-documented difference Between alone and lonely The comfort of knowing

I'm not a very happy person," I told him."But sometimes I can trick myself into thinking I am.

I had no idea what I wanted, only that I wanted something, which is the worst kind of wanting.

He was attractive. I knew that. And I knew that attractive people always got away with things.

I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt.

... I love books about freaks," because I am one. You might be, too. Let's be freaks together?

Maybe there's a way to keep us in this moment. Not the sad part. But the coming together part.

This is as much a part of my story as anything else. Friendship is love as much as any romance.

...because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life.

I have already spent roughly five thousand hours asleep next to you. This has to mean something.

It was so much easier when I didn't want anything. Not getting what you want can make you cruel.

Her mind is an unquiet one, words and thoughts and impulses constantly crashing into each other.

Once you experience enormity, it lingers everywhere you look, and want to be every word you say.

Do not just seek happiness for yourself. Seek happiness for all. Through kindness. Through mercy.

She stays in the same spot, anchored by the profound, desperate loneliness of a bad relationship.

Part of growing up is making sure your sense of reality isn't entirely grounded in your own mind.

I felt like I was missing something. Missing you more. Missing whatever was going to happen next.

A guy can do far far worse than surrounding himself with people who restore his faith in humanity.

Because when something happens, she's the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love.

I find faith in human perseverance, even as the universe throws challenge after challenge our way.

If smart people are parodying it, that's a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.

i have to cross the river of extreme awkwardness in order to get to the paradise on the other side.

breathtaking, adj. Those moments when we kiss and surrender for an hour before we say a single word.

It feels like I am wasting time. I mean, that's always the case. My life doesn't add up to anything.

The older you get, the wiser you are - this is true. But you also question what use this wisdom is.y

Laughter rarely lasts longer than a few seconds, it's true. But how enjoyable those few seconds are.

I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.

Magic naturally fades over distance. But proximity - well, when it works, proximity amplifies magic.

detachment, n. Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it.

Maybe there is hope in the fragments, that what is lost can always be filled in by someone who knows.

How do you commemorate a year? A paper anniversary, but we are the words written down, not the paper.

She transforms once again into someone carefree, and I transform into someone whose only care is her.

being with someone for over a year can mean that you love them … but it can also mean you’re trapped.

My pride shut me up, my hurt shut me down, and together they ganged up on my hope and let her get away.

And I, who have never thought in terms of a life, think to myself that I could make a life out of this.

and when he catches me off guard and says 'i love you' i catch him off guard and say 'i need your help.

Because sometimes you just have to dance like a madman in the Self-Help section of your local bookstore.

When we’re alone together, I’m the destination. When I’m here in her life at school, I’m the disruption.

I find my greatest strengths in wanting ti be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave.

After working for so long on being sure of each other, sure of this thing, suddenly we were unsure again.

I guess I don't believe these things can ever be easy, although I also don't see why they have to be hard.

I am learning that a life isn't real unless someone else knows its reality. And I want my life to be real.

It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.

having someone think of me that way was like discovering a new window in the room i'd lived in all my life.

Every time you love someone, you put not just your faith in them, but your faith in everything to the test.

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