“Once, there was a girl who vowed she would save everyone in the world, but forgot herself.”

“I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself.”

“she is no longer
the beautiful woman
she was. she sends
photos of herself
sitting upon a rock
by the ocean
alone and damned.
I could have had
her once. I wonder
if she thinks I
could have
saved her?”

“Well maybe the princess shouldn't be a damsel and she could save herself.”

“She did not care very much for other little girls, but if she had plenty of books she could console herself.”

“She wins who calls herself beautiful and challenges the world to change to truly see her.”

“I once loved a girl who almost loved me, but not as much as she loved John Cusack.”

“Love itself became the object of her love. She loved herself in love, she loved loving love, as love loves loving, and was able, in that way, to reconcile herself with a world that fell so short of what she would have hoped for.”

“There's something about her," Caire said in a low voice. "She cares for everyone about her, yet neglects herself. I want to be the one who cares for her.”

“He found work.
He found a girl who called herself Michael.”