I do not like that I allowed my past to close me off. I do not like that I let circumstances rob me of the ability to have a normal relationship with a man, to have friends, to be happy. I do not like it, but I had felt myself powerless against it.

I know everything and nothing about him all at the same time.

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

I've done my best to drive you away, Sadie," he said suddenly. "But you've never left me.

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

I looked at the cards in my hand, the queen of hearts nestled between the king of clubs and the king of spades. No wonder she was smiling.

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