I figured I couldn't love you as much as I do, without you feeling something for me too.

I love you enough for the both of us. And there must be something about me worth loving. If you would just try.

I had learned that there were substitutes for a mother who couldn't be a mother. You could find love with other people. You could find it in places you weren't even looking. But the original wound would never heal. I would carry it with me forever, and so would Tara. That was the trick . . . accepting it, going on with your life, knowing it was part of you.

I'm scared of making the biggest mistake of my life. I'm just trying to figure out what the mistake is.

Justine," Zoe said, "I don't want to curse anyone." "Of course you don't, you're much too nice. But I don't have that problem.

As it turned out, Welcome was where I lost everything, and gained everything. Welcome was the place where my life was guided from one track to another, ending me to places I'd never thought of going.

There's nothing worse than breaking a promise to someone who cares about you.