I've been hit on plenty of times, mostly by men with little finesse who thought what was between their legs made up for what they lacked between their ears.

He was quiet. I said nothing, hoping that maybe, for once, he'd stop pretenting he was okay. Then I could, too. That we could both forget the roles that had so long bound us.

Can I tell you honestly that I'd rather be in your life as your friend than nothing at all?

There's nothing that says you can't change." "Not even if it changes everything else?" I shook my head. "Not even then.

Jealousy smells like the water in the bottom of a flower vase after the flowers have died.

I have seen clouds part for the sun. I have seen rainbows. I have seen flowers in the morning, covered in dew, and I have seen sunsets so brilliant with fire they made me want to weep. And I have seen Dan smile at me, his lips still wet from my kiss, and if I had to choose which sight moved me the most I would say it was that one.

But sometimes it's the sunshine that frightens us more than the big black shadows.