It's the Snickers bars. Snickers equal romance.

Writing had always helped her, before. It always clarified her feelings and her thoughts, and she never felt like she could understand something fully until the very minute that she'd written about it, as if each story was one she told herself and her readers, at the same time.

If you can't be brave, be determined. And you'll end up in the same place.

I learned that protecting someone by keeping him away from me doesn't shelter either of us. I learned that feeling other people's feelings for them doesn't bring us closer, it only separates me from myself and my needs. I always thought being codependent meant being too emotionally glued to someone; I didn't realize the way I was doing it was setting me adrift.

Jake thanked God he had a son to put to bed when he knew somewhere there was a family, right now, waiting for someone who would never come home.

Listen carefully, I’m going to say three words.”“I love you?

We're here and we prey on you.We target you.We groom you.

How do you tell the psychiatrists from the patients in the hospital?The patients get better and leave.

I wonder if whoever invented World of Warcraft realizes it’s practice for sociopaths.

Nah. I'm a tough cookie. Except for the cancer, I'm fine.