How many times could you give up on someone you loved?
You carry your past with you even if you don't remember any of it.
It was wrong. But it was worth it.
She couldn’t hide from everyone for the rest of her life… Well she could. That was the direction things were going. But she knew from long-ago experience that when you were uncertain and if you were courageous enough to let her in a real friend could do a world of good.
The dreams weren’t as pleasing when they had no chance of coming true
Love made you admire funny things about a person, like how good she was at remembering to return her library books and at slicing cucumbers very thin. She was a veritable wonder at pulling a splinter out of her foot.