Nothing good is ever easy. Or worth it.

Sometimes forgiveness is the hardest thing to give, but the most cherished thing to receive.

There were worse things than death, as she'd discovered. Sometimes living took far more courage. Facing another day. Enduring. Those things took strength. Far more than dying.

Some crushes just never went away. They built, instead, into something permanent, obsessive and all consuming.

Men love a submissive woman, Damon said simply. Even when they say the don't. There's just something about a beautiful, soft woman looking to them to protect and take care of them that inspires a man to greatness.

And you look beautiful without it, but I want you to feel just as beautiful as I see you.

I’ll have your fathers make something special,” Holly said serenely. “If it turns out we don’t like him, I’ll cook the next meal for him.