Some people they grow wiser as they grow older. Unfortunately, most people just grow older.

You're looking at me like you fell in love with me."
"I didn't fall in love with you. I flew.

Ugly love becomes you. Consumes you. Makes you hate it all. Makes you realize that all the beautiful parts aren't even worth it. Without the beautiful, you'll never risk feeling the ugly. So you give it all up. You give it all up. You never want love again, no matter what kind it is, because no type of love will ever be worth living through the ugly love again.

Sometimes the spirit of a man isn't strong enough to survive the ghosts of his past

Dragostea nu este mereu frumoasă, Tate. Uneori îți petreci timpul cu speranța că, în cele din urmă, se va transforma în ceva diferit. În ceva mai bun. Apoi, fară să îți dai seama, ajungi de unde ai plecat, dar inima ți-ai pierdut-o, undeva, pe drum.

I could go on all night, Lake. I could go on and on and on about all the reasons I’m in love with you. And you know what? Some of them are the things that life has thrown our way. I do love you because you’re the only other person I know who understands my situation. I do love you because both of us know what it’s like to lose your mom and your dad. I do love you because you’re raising your little brother, just like I am. I love you because of what you went through with your mother.
I love you because of what we went through with your mother. I love the way you love Kel. I love the way you love Caulder. And I love the way I love Kel. So I’m not about to apologize for loving all these things about you, no matter the reasons or the circumstances behind them. And no, I don’t need days, or weeks, or months to think about why I love you. It’s an easy answer for me. I love you because of you. Because of every single thing about you.