I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.

He may be out of my life physically, but he’ll always be a part of me. I can’t let him go even if I tried. Alex took a piece of my heart, but that doesn’t mean my life has to be on hold. I can’t keep running after ghosts.

It's as if I'm taking away his pain and he's taking away mine.

Are you following me?" she asks, but doesn't meet my gaze. "Yeah," I say. "Why?" I give her the only honest and true answer I have. "You're where I want to be.

I never believed in love at first sight, until I met Derek. It's all-consuming and delicious and wonderful and exciting. At the same time, it makes me nervous and self-conscious and emotional. Love exists. I know it does, because I'm madly, deeply, hopelessly in love.

...there's no rule book or game plan when it comes to the grim realities of our lives.

No, the next time i kiss you it'll last a long, long time. And then when we're done you're gonna realize being turned on is not about experience