In a well-ordered universe, there would be no mysteries. You'd just know things. There wouldn't be these big, hanging questions. 
He kissed me back. It lasted just a moment, but he kissed me back, right away, without hesitation, as though we'd always been doing it. 
I was speaking without thinking about it first, not hesitating, just saying what I felt first. 
They didn't dwell; they looked for solutions, made some snacks, and kept moving forward. 
If you don't feel great on the inside, just look great on the outside, and after a while you won't be able to tell the difference 
Ad astra per aspera, to the stars through adversity 
Oh, he said softly. It was like this wasn't even a word. It felt more like he was laying out a stone for me to step on, so that I could keep going. 
How was I supposed to keep living in this town when everything I saw reminded me of someone I'd lost? 
And I felt, in the silence that followed, everything that had happened on the trip to bring me to this place. 
If you have to look any further than your own backyard to find your hearts desire, you never really lost it to begin with 
Nothing worth doing is easy," frank said. "Especially not in the beginning. But I'm not about to give up. 
It seemed crazy that something so big, so seemingly permanent, could be knocked down by a little wind and rain. 
That was our place. That was where we used to make out! 
But as long as you know your constellations, you're never lost. 
There was something about being alone in places that were usually filled with people that made them seem particularly empty when it was just you. 
You can always find your way out, no matter how lost you are. 
And I was realizing that it was pretty terrible to be sitting in silence with someone who you always used to have something to say to 
I waited to feel incredibly embarrassed, but the feeling didn't come. It was more like a small victory, a secret to everyone else but me. 
I couldn't help but notice that he'd pronounced her name differently, like her name, and only her name, contained all the good letters. 
I think there are lots of things still to be discovered. You just have to be paying attention. 
Keep people at arm's length and your feelings to yourself. 
It was like a bomb had just gone off in the kitchen, and instead of cleaning up the rubble, people were stepping around it and eating mini-quiche. 
I leaned closer to look at it, at all those empty squares that represented the days of summer ahead. 
Something tells me we're not in Kansas anymore""You did not just say that
There was no In-N-Out in Connecticut, because clearly that state was an inhospitable wasteland. 
4. Date someone who'll wait to make sure you get inside before driving away. 
But it always felt like nothing had really happened until I'd talked to Sloane about it. 
Ad astra per aspera. It's the Kansas state motto," he said to Roger and me, "To the stars through adversity 
And really, it's not about the destination. It's getting there that's the good part. 
If you have a gift for something, it's wrong not to work at it! 
What was the point of trying to run away if people were going to insist on reminding you of what you were running from? 
We're defined totally by our choices, even the ones we don't realize the significance of at the time. 
Because it was clear to me now that I'd already broken something. 
It's not about the destination. It's getting there that's the good part.- Leonard
I knew in that moment that things would be forever different- that today was gong to be the day that split my life into before and after. 
And we were kissing like drowning people breathelike suddenly we'd discovered something that has never been so sweet before that moment.
In a well-ordered universe ... camping would take place indoors. 
What do you think a Chick-fil-A is? Roger asked, as we pulled off the interstate and into the parking lot. 
Your childhood friends are the ones you should hang on to. They know you in a way that nobody else does. 
Emily, I might be hallucinating," she said calmly, as she turned to me. "Because I could almost swear that was Frank Porter. 
I don't think you have to do something so big to be brave. And it's the little things that are harder anyway. 
But I'd taken Lucien's lead and ordered what he had, something called sweet tea. 
I looked up at him, and a thought passed through my brain before I could stop or analyze it. It's you - of course it is. There you are. And 
Now sounds perfect. 
I know,' I said, thinking about the trip my mother had wanted me to take, and the trip we'd ended up taking, and how much better ours had been. 
Just because you'd left something behind didn't mean that it had gone anywhere. 
Just like that, those butterflies I'd first felt at twelve made a reappearance. 
I know things might not work, and I know it's scary, but the things that are worth it are. It feels right. 
I could do this. If whole galaxies could change, so could I. 
And I've realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn't all we need - love is all there is. 
He told me that if you yelled out "JAMBA!" at full volume, all the employees would yell back "JUICE!" He lied. 
You've got to have pride in your home. You are where you're from. Otherwise, you're always going to be lost. 