I should let people in. If they leave, they leave. If I break, I break. It happens to everyone. Right?

He had a smug smile on his lips like he knew, even in his sleep, that women all around him were dying from love because he'd taken their hearts and hidden them where they'd never find them.

Nothing is really broke, so it's not like I can fix it. I just have to keep trying to find what I'm looking for.

But that would leave Paxton to fend for herself, and the last thing any woman wanted in this kind of situation was to look around and see all the people who could help her doing nothing.

When your cup is empty, you do not mourn what is gone. Because if you do, you will miss the opportunity to fill it again.

Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you.

Her life was monotonous, but it kept her out of trouble. . . . This, her father would say, was called being an adult.