Sometimes it made her want to put her fist through glass; other times, it made her cry a river.

If there's something as good as [him] in my life, I'm going to pay for it.

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.

Maybe Fate isn't the pond you swim in but the fisherman floating on top of it, letting you run the line wild until you are weary enough to be reeled back in.

I once heard someone on a bus say that this guy had gotten under her skin. And it struck me as a remarkable thought - that someone would affect you so deeply they'd always be a part of you.

What if the one I choose to discount is one who has been truly hurt?

Don't pay back in kind, pay back in kindness. If someone does wrong by you, do right by them.