I love you,” he says quietly shaking his head. “I always have. No matter how much you wish I didn’t.
Sometimes life makes me feel like I’ve lost my ability to laugh or smile.
Never forget the way you pulled closer – wanting it to feel like my heart was beating inside your chest.
It’s my birthday, and I’m surrounded by everyone important to me, but for some reason, I feel more alone than I’ve ever felt.
I don’t know why I’m surprised when I set the manuscript back in the drawer. The contents of the drawer rattle as I slam it shut angrily. Why am I angry? This isn’t my life or my family. I’d trolled Verity’s reviews before coming here, and in nine out of ten of them, the reviewer referenced wanting to throw their Kindles or books across the room.
For weeks now, the guy in the apartment across the courtyard has sat on his balcony and played for at least an hour. Every night, I sit outside and listen.
Religion isn’t one of my mother’s strong suits, but I’ve always believed there was something out there greater than us. I just don’t know exactly what it is. I don’t think anyone knows for sure.
I told her I wanted to write it for women like her. I also wanted to write it for all the people who didn’t quite understand women like her.
I’ve met people who smile with their eyes, but he frowns with his.
That’s one of my favorite things about him working later than me. I get to watch him take his tie off every day.
You’re a sacrificer. I don’t even know if that’s a real word, but that’s what you are. You do things you don’t want to do to make life better for the people around you.
Never read the comments.
For some reason, sadness in music eases the sadness in my soul. It’s like the worse the heartache in a song is, the better I feel. Dramatic songs are like a drug, I imagine. Really bad for you, but they make you feel good.
I think good comedic timing is one of the most important things about a person’s personality.
It was as if I’d been standing on the edge of a cliff my whole life, and finally, after meeting Jeremy, I felt confident enough to jump. Because – for the first time in my life – I felt confident that I wouldn’t land. I would keep flying.
Relationships are hard for that very reason. Your body and your heart don’t stop finding the beauty and the attraction in other people simply because you’ve made a commitment to one person. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re drawn to someone else, it’s up to you to remove yourself from that situation before it becomes too hard to fight.
I hope you’ll find it in you to forgive me. I hope you’ll find it in you to forgive yourself.
I have no idea if any of this is my fault or if it’s his fault or if it’s no one’s fault. The only thing I know is that he hurt me. And he hurt me because I’ve been hurting him. It doesn’t make what he did right in any sense, but a person can understand a behavior without excusing it.
Chris doing something like this was a knife to my heart. But Jenny? That’s an obliteration of my soul.
There’s a reason for everything we go through, right? Even the struggles.