You didn’t hurt me, the situation did. And now that I know why I felt that way, it won’t hurt.

You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job.

Caroline Waverly: Sometimes we hurt more for what might have been than for what is.

Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.

It’s never simple.” Avery slid an arm around Hope’s waist. “It shouldn’t be. Because being with someone should matter enough to be at least a little bit complicated.

He decided there was no point in telling her he'd looked in the fridge and seen none of these things. There'd just be some variation of his mother's standard crack about Male Refrigeration Blindness Syndrome.

I got you a present." "Did you?" "It's a book of poetry--romancy stuff. I thought, 'How schmaltzy is that,' so it seemed like the thing. Then I screwed up and left it in my desk at work