That's what dating is for, after all - to learn if you're compatible with someone.

A moment later, he plopped down on the sand beside her, and when they accidentally touched, Gabby had the briefest flash of them sitting together just like this on a hundred different weekends in the future.

I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless them, and I find myself wondering why--out of all the people in all the world I could ever have loved--I had to fall in love with someone who was taken away from me.

If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her---then don't let her go.

Based on her experience with men, most assumed that when you talked to them about a problem or dilemma, they were expected to offer an opinion, even when all you wants was for them to listen.

Before we met, I was as lost as a person could be and yet you saw something in me that somehow gave me direction again.

there were moments in life when violence was necessary to save lives