Listening to the magnified sound of my own breath is…

“I’m desperate to prevent her tears, but not because I’m noble or anything. I’m kind of a contagion cryer. You know how when one…

— Nicola Yoon

“What did you get?' I lean my head back against his chest. 'Seashell necklace for my mom. Pineapple ashtray for Kara.' 'Why do people…

— Nicola Yoon

“Human beings are not reasonable creatures. Instead of being ruled by logic, we are ruled by emotions.”

— Nicola Yoon

“Maybe he (or she-but who are we kidding? God's definitely a guy. How else to explain war, pestilence, and morning wood?)”

— Nicola Yoon

“I didn't think you were real". "That's OK. Some day's I'm not.”

— Nicola Yoon

“Almost everything in the night sky gives off light. Even if we can't see it, the light is still there.”

— Nicola Yoon

“Once you become part of the world, the world becomes a part of you, too”

— Nicola Yoon

“love: a chemical history. ...The second stage, attraction, is governed by dopamine and serotonin. When, for example, couples report feeling indescribably happy in each…

— Nicola Yoon

“If the person who's meant to love you forever can suddenly stop, then what is there to believe in?”

— Nicola Yoon

“How can he not share his newfound joy with his fellow man? And it is joy. There’s a pure kind of joy in the…

— Nicola Yoon

“America’s not really a melting pot. It’s more like one of those divided metal plates with separate sections for starch, meat, and veggies.”

— Nicola Yoon

“And now my life doesn’t make sense anymore. I almost wish I hadn’t met him. How am I supposed to go back to my…

— Nicola Yoon

“As if there were no last time And there is no next time And this time is the time that counts.”

— Nicola Yoon

“All love ends," she says. "Maybe," I say. "But it has to start somewhere.”

— Nicola Yoon

“My father’s,” she says, smiling. “He used to think I was the greatest thing ever.”

— Nicola Yoon