What is the point of bad dates if not to have amusing anecdotes for your friends? - Gabrielle Zevin

Daddy used to say that calling a person a romantic was just another way of saying he or she acted without regard for conseqences.

Zweisamkeit' is the feeling of being alone even when you're with other people." Simon turned to look in his husband's eyes. "Before I met you, I felt this constantly. I felt it with my family, my friends, and every boyfriend I ever had. I felt it so often that I thought this was the nature of living. To be alive was to accept that you were fundamentally alone." Simon's eyes were moist. "I know I'm impossible, and I know you don't care about German words or marriage. All I can say is, I love you and thank you for marrying me anyway.

if you didn't let some things go, you'd spend your whole life fighting.