I deserve to be happy. I'm sad it took me so long to get that. But I get it now.

That's the tricky thing about being bonded to someone for life. Blake and his dad are bonded like I'm bonded with Erin. We're irrevocably tied together by history, a history that can never be erased. Even if you want to deny it, even it you want to pretend it never existed, it will always be a part of you. It will always, in some way, define who you are.

It’s like once everyone decides who you are, you’re locked into their version of you and that’s it.

She's not going to let go until she sees for herself that there's nothing left to hold on to.

The past doesn't just disappear after it's happened.

This stuff doesn't matter. What matters is what you do with it." Sara snaps the highlighter cap on. "I try not to think about how boring it is (History). I just keep reminding myself about how I want my life to be and what I have to do to get there. Then it's simple.

How could something that felt so right actually be so wrong?