Tibby's wish would be to hold on to the idea of love even in the face of darkest doubt. Because that was the way in which she failed. Not once, but again and again.

Wish for what you want, work for what you need. -Carmen's grandmother

Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.

Sometimes it is a relief to be invisible

Everything I ever said to you was true and is true.

He wanted to take his love back from her so badly. The old techniques didn’t work anymore. In fact, they’d never worked. How do you stop loving someone? It was one of the world’s more brutal mysteries. The more you tried, the less it worked.

Show me a girl with her feet planted firmly on the ground and I'll show you a girl who can't put her pants on. -Annik Marchand