It’s like my entire conscious state has been reduced to this toxic blend of hope and uncertainty. I hate that I have to act cool and almost pretend I don’t like him when in fact...

But the thing which had made him fall for her, fall properly, was the way she seemed so calm and so quiet and so sad. Surrounded by noisy bankers showing off, and their variously pushy...

Even when I’m sleeping, I go to places where you are.

Her heart fluttered. It had only been a few hours, but it felt like a lifetime since she saw him last. She seriously felt addicted to that boy.

He specialized in a particular kind of friendship with that eight-limbed, inscrutable, treacherous creature, the happily married coupe, adapting himself closely and lightly to the composite personality.A peevish dead woman…it’s absurd…how much less humiliating for...

my life is just waiting for you to get started.

An unarticulated crush is very different from an unrequited one, because at least with an unrequited crush you know what the hell you’re doing, even if the other person isn’t doing it back. An unarticulated...

Teenage crush is like flu. If you find a remedy for it, it lasts for a couple of days. If you don’t, it still lasts for a couple of days.

MANIFEST.” The idea being if you thought and dreamed about the way you wanted your life to be — if you just envisioned it long enough, it would come into being.But as hard as I...

Crushes are so awful. I wonder if they suck worse for the crush-er or the crush-ee. I consider my three years of watching Josh from afar. Yeah, definitely the crush-er.

How can Sophie hate Josh tonight when Friday morning she loved him?’ I ask. What I mean is How can I have had such strong feelings for Ethan when now I don’t know what I...

You care so much for that special person because it feels like that person is part of you.

It is sad but so many tragedies can be avoided, if we extend a little bit of love to one another.

Nothing crushes freedom as substantially as a tank.

Just to be clear, if I, like, leaned over and whispered your name in your ear, still nothing?

I hung a picture of him above my bed and learned by hand the internal workings of the female combustion engine.

Can you get that through your head, right?’ she said through gritted teeth. ‘This was not some moony little teenage crush. This is a real live want to throw him on the floor and shag...

Never love someone beneath your level of evolution. If you want a monkey, you can visit one at your local zoo.

I have crushes on women all the time.

[Earl, on liking someone] Because, honestly, the rational part of me know for a rock-solid fact that I would never, ever get with Madison Hartner. But that was just the rational part of me. There’s...

If you have feelings for someone, let them know. It doesn’t matter if they can be in your life or not. Maybe, it is just enough for both of you to release the truth, so...

When I was young I couldn’t string two words together in his presence. I would merely nod and shake my head. Though on a fortunate day, I could force out monosyllabic answers. Tonight, everything suddenly...

I sometimes wondered if you had a heart.” – Summer, Perfect Summer