Some people fall head over heels. Other people begin to fall without even knowing it—love grows like a spring flower beneath last autumn’s leaves and catches them by surprise.

Quick, how do you pick up a cat?" "Buy her a drink.

...you canʹt always choose how you love a person. Love isnʹt logical or fair. It just happens.

I'm not supposed to date you, Jenny." "That's what you said before." He leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "I didn't think this was going to be a problem. I mean, I'm pretty good at not letting someone become important to me. I have to be if I want to make it to L.A." "I understand." He laughed. "How nice of you to understand, since you're the one making it a struggle for me! It would be so easy to make you important.

He leaned over her, the sun behind his head making a halo of gold, his face lit by the reflections off the water.

It was Nick's voice Nick's arms. He turned me on my back and swam with me, pulling me to the bank.

This isn't a game for me. I love you, Ivy, and one day you're going to believe me.