I spend the rest of the afternoon trying to explain to Zoe one of the very saddest notions in love and life: sometimes the timing is wrong--and sometimes you realize the heart of the matter way to late in the game.

You’ll never regret being a good friend.

I do not expect to get what I want, so I don't. And I don't even try.

But one thing I have to say about Darcy and dating is this: she never blew us off for a guy. She always put her friends first- which is an amazing thing for a high school girl to do.

A theme in a lot of my books - and in my own life - is making choices that you feel you should make, or what society wants you to make, as opposed to what is truly right for you.

I had never understood what people meant when they said they'd rather be alone if they couldn't be in the right relationship. Now I got it.

We are in love and meant to be together.