I figured if I told it to myself often enough, I would start believing it.

I’ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl he’s just ruined

A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.

I thought about the future, the oceans and continents he would cross, far away from everyone who knew and loved him. Far outside the sphere of his mothers prayers. Among the women of the future, there was one who would know his secrets and bear his children, and witness the changes the years worked on him. And it wouldnt be me. -Liberty Jones

I know I'm a bad bargain. But I'm begging you to have me anyway. Because I want a chance to make you as happy as you make me. I want to build a life with you." He fought to steady his voice. "Please come to me, Cat, because there's no surviving you. You don't have to love me back. You don't have to be mine. Just let me be yours.

Bending his head over hers, Leo murmured, "When I give you away at the altar, Bea, I want you to remember something. I'm not really giving you away. I'm merely allowing him the chance to love you as much as the rest of us do.

You're always looking for some new way to tell the same story, but it's how they get to the happy end that is the challenge and the fun for a writer.