Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.

He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.

I think that the main thing that you can learn from watching 'The Spectacular Now' is just learning about growing up and moving on.

I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them.

It was strange walking through the empty apartment. My battered purple room was gone, Brittany’s bruised blue was gone. Two coats covered everything. It was like none of it had ever happened.

...it's been amazing- not perfect, but amazing. I'm actually glad of the nonperfection because that has made our relationship feel more grounded, solid, and real than what I had (...), which just cruised blithely along, deceptively perfect, until it crashed and burned in a fiery wreck.