Because in the end, and no matter how hard it is, acceptance helps people move on with the rest of their lives.

Do you see these hands?" Jo said, holding them up. "These were made for caressing handsome men and meant to be adorned with pretty nails and diamond rings. They're not made for paint rollers and paint splatter and that kind of manual labor.

Love puts all logic to sleep. Otherwise, we wouldn't risk it.

What mattered most was knowing that love was mine to give, without strings or expectations.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

It was one thing, after all, to know his feelings for Amanda hadn't changed; it was another thing entirely to face the future with the certainty that they never would.

because it was then, as he held her in his unwavering gaze, that she knew she was in love with him as well.