"Everything is changing. It has to. You can't stop time.
All you can do is point yourself in a direction and hope the wind will let you get there."

"'Because it makes me happy' [...] 'And I don't consider anything that does that a waste of time'"

"And then one day - it was right before fall break, and we were hugging goodbye, and I realised I'd stopped waiting. Without even realising it. I knew you were my for-life then. THat's what my parents call each other. Because no matter what, they're always going to be family. And that's you both. The relationship can change a thousand times, but you're always going to be in my life. Or at least, that's what I want."

"I want my life to be like - like making pottery. I want to enjoy it while it's happening, not just for where it might get me eventually."