Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.

You shouldn’t rule out second chances. Sometimes they come with interesting bonus features.

Great men don't nessarily make good husbands.

...she could only wait for someone, something, to free her from the invisible chains that bound her.

Without a doubt... the worst part of being a single woman was having to take care of your own car.

It was likely that no one had been surprised, however, as it was clear that Aline and Mckenna belonged together. There was something invisible and yet irrefutable that made them a couple. Perhaps it was the way both of them stole quick glances at each other when one though the other wasn't looking... glances of wonder and hunger.

She was a beautiful woman, if not a happy one, and attracting a man was never a problem. Keeping one, however, was a different matter.