Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something.

I just have to be super strong when it comes to my work time. Shut the browser, ignore the email alerts, and just WRITE.

And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.

I was woundering what he would say, what word could sum me up right then, when i saw the lights come across his face, blaringly yellow, and suddenly he was brighter, and brighter, and i asked him what was happening, what was wrong. I remember only that light, so strong it spilled across my shoulders, and lit up his face, and how scared he looked as something big and loud hit my door, sending glass shattering across me, little sparks catching the light like diamonds, as they fell, with me, into the dark.

This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud.

My experience is that sequels are rarely as good as the originals.

You're not the kind of person who smiles for nothing, Colie. I have to earn every one.