“That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.”

“Read – and be curious. And if somebody says to you: 'Things are this way. You can't change it' - don't believe a word.”

“Don't believe in God. Love the world just the way it is.”

“And don't change for a guy, ever," Leah added. "If they're worthy, they'll like you just the way you are.”

“I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard.
I just want someone
that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.”

“I'm beginning to realize that things don't turn out the way you want them to. And sometimes, when they don't they can turn out just a little bit better.”

“Things just happen in the right way, at the right time. At least when you let them, when you work with circumstances instead of saying, 'This isn't supposed to be happening this way,' and trying harder to make it happen some other way.”

“I want to believe you, but if that's true, I just don't get it. Why does loving somebody mean you have to hurt them just as much? I mean, if that's the way it goes, what's the point of loving someone?”

“You have to just do your thing. As long as you don't hurt anybody along the way.”

“Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.”