I've never trusted anyone all the time. It's the people I care about the most that always seem to do the most damage.

It's always been you even when I didn't want it to be, even when it broke my heart over and over again. It's just always been you.

—Jay Crownover in Rule

If he was the right guy you wouldn't have felt that way. You would have made the time because you wanted to be with him.

—Jay Crownover in Rule

Love isn’t perfect. It’s hard work and sometimes it’s more effort to be in love than it is to just run away. If you keep looking for perfect, the real thing is going to pass right by you.

—Jay Crownover in Jet

When the right one comes along, you figure it out. You move mountains, you change your life and you do whatever it takes to keep them with you.

—Jay Crownover in Jet

I think I wanted it too much and you didn’t want it enough.

—Jay Crownover in Rule

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

—Friedrich Nietzsche

Nobody ever knows someone completely. You have to just enjoy what you do know and have faith in the rest.

—Erin McCarthy in Hard and Fast

I don't trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they're going to get tired of me and take off.

—Rainbow Rowell in Fangirl