Intimacy doesn't have all that much to do with backseats of cars. Real intimacy is brushing your teeth together. - Gabrielle Zevin

When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.

He has read enough to know there are no collections where each story is perfect. Some hits. Some misses. If you're lucky, a standout. And in the end, people only really remember the standouts anyway, and they don't remember those for very long.

In Amelia's experience, most people's problems would be solved if they would only give more things a chance.