The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.

She sometimes thought she was going crazy. Her first thought when she woke up was always how to get him out of her thoughts. And she would keep watch, hoping to see him next door, while plotting ways to never have to see him again.

Some men you know are Southern before they ever say a word," Julia said as she and Emily watched Sawyer's progress, helpless, almost as if they couldn't look away. "They remind you of something good--picnics or carrying sparklers around at night. Southern men will hold doors open for you, they'll hold you after you yell at them, and they'll hold on to their pride no matter what. Be careful what they tell you, though. They have a way of making you believe anything, because they say it that way.

He was the only person in the world she was tongue-tied around, and yet the only person she really wanted to talk to.

I've never seen you hide from anyone before. He must do something crazy to you.

Being left makes you doubt your ability to keep people, even friends.

People always say life is too short for regrets. But the truth is, it's too long.