The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character.

I'll tell you something, Harpy," he said, his voice almost a whisper now. "It never even occurred to me that we wouldn't make it. And it never occurred to you that we would. You were just waiting for us to go down in flames. I thought we could get through anything.

She smiled, and there it was again, that aching pressure in his chest. Love, or a heart attack. Kind of the same thing.

The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character.

Don't ever marry a man who loves his work more than he loves you.

I had to get over [him]. For months now, a stone had been sitting on my heart. I'd shed a lot of tears over [him], lost a lot of sleep, eaten a lot of cake batter. Somehow, I had to move on. [Life] would be hell if I didn't shake loose from the grip he had on my heart. I most definitely didn't want to keep feeling this way, alone in a love affair meant for two. Even if he'd felt like The One. Even if I'd always thought we'd end up together. Even if he still had a choke chain on my heart.

Love came when you weren't looking, except in the case of millions who found mates on Match.com, but, hey. It sounded good.