Am I falling in love? She thought, is it safe to do so with this man? She thought, I don't need to answer.

It's not a persons mistakes which define them - it's the way they make amends.

Tell me that you refuse to allow me to be so stupid. Tell me that you will not tolerate this relationship being over just when it was on the verge of really taking off.

That's the beauty about love. It's not about give-and-take - it's about feeling safe in one's needs - wanting to be looked after as much as wanting to look after.

Am I falling in love? She thought, is it safe to do so with this man? She thought, I don't need to answer.

I was clinging to all that had been and, in an ideal world, all that we had hoped for. He, he wanted out.

She liked him. She liked the feeling of liking him. She felt light and smiley and too full of excitement to think of anything else.