“The voice sang on, I am ready, I am ready, I am fine. I am fine, I am fine, I am fine. I played it again. I was not fine.”

“Each guy stamped the passport of my heart. Youre worthy. Stamp. Youre enough. You have not failed completely. Stamp, stamp.”

“I told him I had once lost everything I had, too, and that I think that can be Gods way of building walls around us to force us to look up at Him.”

“And so I just kept writing to myself.”

“Unfortunately, he still hadnt asked for my number, or a date, or my hand in marriage, and my drink was getting low.”

“I didnt answer. We were not buddies. We could not chat about the proximity of our offices, or football, or forgiveness.”

“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.”

“She wasnt crying at all. This was what scared him the most. Where had she locked up the things hed seen her feeling that day when she heard? She wasnt that big a girl to hold all of itto hold her b...”

“He was probably being so quiet because he was trying not to say it out loud.”

“One day you will kiss a man you can't breathe without, and find that breath is of little consequence.”

“The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?”

“Stephen kissed me in the spring,Robin in the fall,But Colin only looked at meAnd never kissed at all.Stephens kiss was lost in jest,Robins lost in play,But the kiss in Colins eyesHaunts me night an...”

“The only way you can own this moment is to evict the victim mentality from the dwelling of your mind.”

“Letting go is hard, but always worth your efforts.”

“What is it about those unresolved endings that cause you to question every decision when you're trying to move forward?”