Good for you, Ethan." That's what my poor mama would've said. Ma'am.

I smiled at her, but she was already lost in thought, looking around the library as if it held all the answers to all our problems.

I couldn't sit by and watch them try to take her down. Not her.

Do you believe in love after last sight?

I never loved you any more than I do, right this second. And I'll never love you any less than I do, right this second.

In the wake of my talk with Earl, we had come to a mutual understanding about Lena, the only kind guys ever come to. Meaning, I hadn’t brought it up, and they hadn’t brought it up, and between us, we somehow all agreed to go on like this indefinitely. Don’t ask, don’t tell.

the wheel of fate crushes us all