ignore the pain, play through it.

He set the suitcases in the back then tossed her the keys. "You drive." She repressed a smile as she climbed behind the wheel. "With each passing day, your reasons for wanting a wife become clearer.

He could deal with his guilt all by himself. Guilt didn't add up to love, an emotion she was done with forever.

There’s no accounting for the mysteries of the human heart

If you think I'm going to cry all over your chest because you don't feel the same way, you're wrong. I don't beg for anybody's love.

You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.

I'll take care of my mother," he said grimly. "I love her, but she doesn't run my life." "Yeah, that's what we all say. You. Me. Lucy." She stabbed the stick into the dirt. "These are powerful women. They're sane, they're smart, they rule their worlds, and they love us ferociously. A potent combination that makes it touch to pretend they're normal mothers.