We may run into Kevin,” Lucy said gloomily. “She’s hoping to run into Kevin,” Zoë assured her. Justine smiled grimly. “Preferably with my car.

Love will break your heart,[...] but love can also mend it. Not many things in life are both the cause and the cure.

You can't love someone new without getting over the last one.

She had discovered that the best remedy for heartache was trying to make herself useful to others.

At first I wasn’t all that tempted by him, but then he killed the spider. Which was a huge point in his favor.” “Absolutely. I love men who kill bugs.” “And then when I was freaking out and couldn’t breathe, he was so…gentle.” Zoe sighed and colored, remembering. “He was holding me, and talking to me in that voice…you know, sort of low and rough around the edges…” “All the Nolans sound like that,” Justine said reflectively. “Like they’ve got a mild case of bronchitis. Totally hot.

The feelings cut too deep for them to be put on display.

No. But I understand her. Life makes people what they are.