❝ What was lost was lost. There was no retrieving it, however you schemed, no returning to how things were, no going back.

❝ The definition of a true friend is not someone who swoops in when you’re going through a rough patch. True friendship is when someone can appreciate your happiness—celebrate your happiness, even when she’s not necessarily happy herself.

❝ Sweetheart I’ve been frightfully busy but you know I have thought of you every minute.

❝ When I say, ‘I love you,’ it’s not because I want you or because I can’t have you. It has nothing to do with me. I love what you are, what you do, how you try. I’ve seen your kindness and your strength. I’ve seen the best and the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. You’re a heck of a person.

❝ No matter how good things are, there will always be solitary nights you spend in your bedroom or car or in a party full of your closest friends when it feels like the walls are caving in.

❝ You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done - but simply because you are.

❝ You can always make time for people. The point is, you have to want to.