Because sometimes when things are going really well, we find the one thing we're pretending we're not looking for.

Never ignore the feelings that don't seem to make sense.

To the stupidity of men, " Dakota said, raising a glass. "And my brother, who is their king.

They say people who don’t learn from history are destined to repeat it.

Sometimes you have to accept how things are. You can make it easy on yourself, or you can make it hard. The choice is yours.

I think experienced makes me sound like an aging hooker.

The worst part is the unknown. The pain of being alone, the loneliness, is familiar. You've dealt with that. You understand it. But loving someone, risking everything, is unknown. There's no way to know how bad it's going to be. You barely survive the pain of being alone, so how can you deal with anything worse? So you don't bother to try.