"The whole point of love is to put someone else’s needs above your own."
When In Rome
"What she hoped for was the love of a good man, and the chance to express her own love. That’s not asking for the moon and stars."
My Life as a Traitor
"If you’re not willing to sound stupid you don’t deserve to be in love."
A Lot Like Love
"There is a way to be good again."
The Kite Runner
"We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we’ve lived through, or feel we’ve had enough time."
Never Let Me Go
"You have to know who you are, and what you are. It’s the only way to lead decent lives."
Never Let Me Go
"As for the question of destiny… all I know is that even when destiny really wants to accomplish something, it can’t do it alone. You still have to go to that restaurant. You still have to show up. You still have to build a bridge… to the one you love."
My Sassy Girl
"We have to stay alive because we have to see how the story ends."
My Sassy Girl
"Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had."
The Lovely Bones
"But I believe true sacrifice is a victory. That’s because it requires free will to give up something for someone you love, or something or someone you love more than yourself. I won’t lie to you. It’s a gamble. Sacrifice wont take away pain and loss, but it wins the battle against bitterness, the bitterness that dims the light on all of the true value in our lives."
Beautiful Creatures
"We get scared and vulnerable, and we need help sometimes too."
Big Miracle
"You got a dream… You gotta protect it. People can’t do somethin’ themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want somethin’, go get it. Period."
Pursuit of Happiness
"Creation unfolds around us, despite us and through us, at the speed of days and nights, and we like to call it ‘love’."
David Mitchell
"Joke is a secret language inside words."
David Mitchell, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
"Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will."
Margo Spiegelman, Paper Towns