The answer doesn't lie in learning how to protect ourselves from life-it lies in learning how to become strong enough to let a bit more of it in.

The romantic myth is so strong that it survives the wear and tear of marriage by simply detaching from it and floating up on ahead, and women who are rather fond of the men they married, as well as ones who are not, go through life with a bag packed for the day when the shining knight on a white charger arrives, just in case he does.

The conflict between what one is and who one is expected to be touches all of us. And sometimes, rather than reach for what one could be, we choose the comfort of the failed role, preferring to be the victim of circumstance, the person who didn't have a chance.

There are no perfect men of course, but some are more perfect than others, and we can use all of those we can get.

There are some decisions in life that only you can make.

Girls gave sex to get love and boys gave love to get sex and conning girls was the favorite indoor sport.

Love is short, forgetting is long, and understanding longer still.