“I’d spent so long trying to fit in,trying to be someone i wasn’t,that i had no idea who i was any more.”

“Every second counts”

“The thing I am most afraid of is love. When you say you love someone you are giving them license to hurt you.”

“That’s what came from having romance in your soul. You believe in things like love at first sight and perfect presents.”

“Far too many people opened their hearts and lives at the drop of a hat. Why give someone that power over you? Why endow them with the ability to hurt you that much? Let someone in and you were asking for an emotional kicking some day.”