Cynthia Hand

Tucker: "But she gave me the perfect gift."
Clara: "What?"
Tucker: "You.

So often we only do what we think is expected of us, when we are capable of so much more.

What do you see in a guy like Christian Prescott?" he asked me that night when he dropped me off from prom. And what he was really saying then, what would have come through loud and clear if I hadn't been so blind was, why don't you see me?

There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.

Are you any good at it?"
"Pulling idiots out of the snow? I'm the best.

Insert the biggest, most awkward silence in the history of big awkward silences.

I feel like Cinderella sitting in the middle of the road with a pumpkin and a couple of mice, while Prince Charming charges off to rescue some other chick.