"Maybe [books will] teach me something I don't already know about love, about being in love, or even just about being a person." (38)

"If love is a mild form of obsession, and obsession is just some form of crazy, then yes, maybe I acted a little crazy." (208)

"Reading is just another another for of travel, after all." (215)

"I'm not afraid of it, because death is a part of life. And I'm not scared of life, no way, even though it can be hard,  and parts are sad. There are still the good things. There will always be good things." (259)

"I believe things are going to get better for me, even though sometimes it's hard to. Even though if I shut my eyes and try to picture it, sometimes I can't.

But the thing is, if things are really going to get better, then that's great. Because, right now, dancing in my room by myself, knowing I've got a whole life folding out ahead of me, with a million things to learn from it, I can only feel one thing.

Things are already good.

They really are.

They really, really are." (281)