Did you fall in love with her?" "I care about her. A lot." "You're not supposed to marry someone if you don't fall in love with her." "Well, love is a choice, too." Holly shook her head. "I think it's something that happens to you." Mark smiled into her small, earnest face. "Maybe it's both," he said, and tucked her in.

It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.

I no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life, if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. Not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together.

He had found my worst weakness: I was one of those people who was desperate to be needed, to matter to someone.

She shook her head as she confessed, "I want it so much, I'm afraid to hope." "Never be afraid to hope," Rohan said gently. "It's the only way to begin." -Rohan to Win

The way I was brought up ‘he needed killing’ is an airtight alibi.

No one can tell you what your path is . . . but someday you'll discover it. . . and it won't be at all what you expected.