Today's worries are yesterday's fears and tomorrow's stories.

Because I don't have everything I want. Not even close.

You hurt my feelings." He shoots me a wounded look. "I wasn't aware that you had any.

Whenever I look at me, all i see are things I'd like to change. Whenever Damon looks at me, all he sees is a glorious gift from the universe somewhere in the middle lies the truth.

Aw, now look at that, you're being sarcastic, aren't you?

You can’t change the past, it just is

And I know you've spent a lifetime trying to protect me from the staggering pain of grief that comes from losing the things and the people and the places you allowed yourself to care about--but guess what, Jennika--that's no way to live. As much as it hurts to lose something you love, there's much greater joy in getting to experience it for as long as it lasts.