You know, he told me once, completely exasperated, you've got one glass of water inside your head, with all the tears for a lifetime. If you waste them over nothing, then you won't be able to cry for real when you need to.

Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence.

Cara: I used to believe everything my brother told me, because he was older and I figured he knew more about the world. But as it turns out, being a grown-up doesn't mean you're fearless. It just means you fear different things.

Edward: You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal? he used to say to me. A plan.

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

She knew how you went about falling in love; she did not know how you went about falling into trust.