“Life comes at you hard and fast, it doesn’t slow for anybody. It weathers you, destroys you. It breaks down your mind, body, and soul until there’s nothing left. Then what?”

“You love who you love and that’s who you love.”

“If not for love, then what else?”

“I wanted a guy who made my stomach flutter, who was polite and respectful to everyone because he didn't think of anybody as beneath him, a man who did good things not because of what he’d gain but simply because it was the right thing to do. I wanted someone that cared about the injustices of the world and tried to help even if the issue didn't affect his life.”

“Life comes at you hard and fast, it doesn’t slow for anybody. It weathers you, destroys you. It breaks down your mind, body, and soul until there’s nothing left. Then what?”

“Brilliance is impossible without a touch of insanity.”

“Sometimes, I have to look twice at you just to see if you’re actually real. That much beauty is dangerous.”

“That's the thing with keeping up appearances, Rose; people will do anything to get one and anything to keep one.”