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—have no fear of perfection. for you will never reach it. —"Because things change. & friends leave. & life doesn't stop for anybody."—"There's nothing like the deep breaths after laughing that hard. nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons. it was that great."— "And we touched each other from the waist up over our clothes. & then under our clothes. & then without clothes. & it was so beautiful. she was so beautiful. she took my hand & slid it under her pants. & i touched her. & i just couldn't believe it. it was like everything made sense."— "Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. we can still do things. & we can try to feel okay about them. i think that if i ever have kids, & they are upset, i won't tell them that people are starving in china or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. & even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have. good & bad."