Sometimes it seems like all the things I need to know, I don’t. And all the things I do know are completely wrong.

Memories can ruin you if you let them.

I didn’t know which was worse: to be killed by some brute animal or be taken off with a wild Neanderthal on horseback.

I bet Aaron swims the fastest,” Benny said, squeezing my hand. “He’s like a fish.

I had once read, in one of those pre-plague books in the library, that love was bearing witness. That it was the act of watching someone’s life, of simply being there to say: you’re life is worth seeing.

A relationship between two people can be judged by the list of things unspoken between them.

You can love anyone. Love is just caring about someone very deeply. Feeling like that person matters to you, like your whole world would be sadder without them in it.

Iubirea înseamnă să ţii la cineva foarte mult. Să simţi că acea persoană contează pentru tine, ca şi când întreaga ta viaţă ar fi mai tristă fără ea.

Am început să plâng, ştiind într-un final adevărul: dragostea era singurul adversar al morţii. singurul lucru îndeajuns de puternic să se lupte cu prinsoarea disperată a acesteia.

Am învăţat atunci un adevăr crucial: că o relaţie poate fi judecată după lista de lucruri nespuse dintre 2 persoane.