I'm not bossy - I just happen to be more capable than most everyone else.

I'm not hopeless, that's the problem. I'm too hopeful, if anything ... I'm so thick-headed it's taken me this long to give up on men, but I can't give up completely, you know? So I ... I channel all my hope into an idea, to someone who can't reject me because he isn't real!

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

Your head will be fine,” said Miri. “It’s your neck you should worry about.

Make haste” Jane added, just because she always wanted to say that.

I'm a terrible prince. I should put my kingdom first and everything else second, but your first. I want you by my side every second, but I know I would crumble if I lost you.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.