"It’s just that I don’t want to be somebody’s crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don’t want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too."

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."

"You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do."

"That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong."