Quotes from Gayle Forman

When you're on the road, there is always the promise of the next stop being better than last

The one who called her fearless before. The one who writes in complete sentences and quotes dead philosophers. The one who, in a twisted sort of way, makes sense.

If he had such a strong effect on me over the computer, with all those miles and false identities between us, what is he going to do to me in person?

'Twilight' is a breathlessly addictive read with a love story that sucks people in.

If the spectrum linking everyday depression to Major Depression sometimes hinders understanding of it, it also offers an opportunity for empathy. Because almost everyone, at some point, experiences feelings of sadness, of hopelessness, of emptiness, not to mention lethargy and irritability.

Don't be scared...Women can handle the worst kind of pain. You'll find out one day.

I've found that the most engaging and satisfying author events I've done are with other people, where the conversation is spontaneous. I think that is by far the better way to introduce and promote a book.

Experience has shown me that standing by oneself reading from one's book isn't especially compelling - unless you're David Sedaris.

I don't know if I actually am good at the sight of blood. An accident on the street gets me very, very upset.

Something given, something taken away. Does it always have to work like that?

I don't really care. I shouldn't have to care. I shouldn't have to work this hard. I realize now that dying is easy. Living is hard.

It's not that we like sad movies that make us feel like, 'Oh, my God, what a bummer.' We like emotionally moving experiences. It's nothing new. It's catharsis. It goes back to the Greeks.

You were so busy trying to be my savior that you left me all alone.

You just work through it. You just hang in there.

Travelling's not something you're good at. It's something you do. Like breathing. You can't work too much at it, or it feels like work. You have to surrender yourself to the chaos. To the accidents.

I will go running when I'm stressed out. The running helps, but more than anything, I'll put music on and then I'll run. I'll cry and get it all out.

Sometimes the best way to find out what you're supposed to do is by doing the thing you're not supposed to do.

Saba used to say there was a difference between bravery and courage. Bravery was doing something dangerous without thinking. Courage was walking into danger, knowing full well the risks.

Is that what death would feel like? The nicest, warmest, heaviest never-ending nap? If that's what it's like, I wouldn't mind.

Losing me will hurt; it will be the kind of pain that won't feel real at first, and when it does, it will take her breath away.

Sometimes we meet people and are so symbiotic with them, it's as if we are one person, with one mind, one destiny

Doubt is part of searching. Same as faith.

If I felt like a fish out of water in my family, I felt like a fish on Mars in Adam's circle.

It's funny the things you think you're scared of until they're upon you, and then you're not.