Love happened. She would have never thought that it could happen so rapidly. Love was something you worked at, and she had no doubt their relationship would take a lot of hard work and dedication. But it had simply happened. No explanation. No cataclysmic event or earth-shattering revelation brought on by some external event. It had simply happened.

No. I don’t regret it. It wasn’t the right thing to do, but I don’t regret it. - Toni

When would he learn that women never stayed where you put them?

He was better than any drug, any remedy for her illness.

I'm not stubborn. My way is just better.

Perhaps I’m tired of waiting for something I may never find.

He’d never get over her. He knew that without hesitation or doubt. He loved her. As deeply as it was possible to love another person. And God, he wanted her. Every day. In hit life. As much a part of him as he would be of her.