I don't know what he means by that, but I nod and smile at him. You'd be surprised at how far that response can get you in a conversation where you are completely confused.

I sometimes wonder if it is just me, or if there are other women who figure out where they are supposed to be by going nowhere.

There was, really, nothing you could use as a blueprint for your life, except your past. There was no starting over. There was only picking up the pieces someone had left behind.

Why do some memories bleed out of nowhere and others stay locked behind doors?

I am Alice in Wonderland', Josie thought. 'Watch me fall.

There are always sides. There is always a winner and a loser. For every person who gets, there's someone who must give.

Shelby believed that love was like a solar eclipse - breathtakingly beautiful, absorbing, and capable of rendering you blind. She had not necessarily gone out of her way to avoid a relationship, but she hadn't wanted on either. It was called falling in love for a reason - because, inevitably, you crashed at the bottom.