“males conspicuously leaving their mark to let others know where they weren't welcome.”

“because in the past words have only driven them apart.”

“You figured that the only way I'd be happy is if I did the things you thought would be best for me.”

“In the past, even Alex's promises hadn't prevented a reoccurence. She didn't have a choice. She wished he could see that as clearly as she did.”

“Suffering so someone else didn't have to suffer. Sacrificing your body for someone else's well being.”

“I realized it was like looking into the sunyou shouldn't do it, because you'd turn your face away and be blind to everything else.”

“here she is, all mine, trying her best to give me all she can. How could I ever hurt her? But I didnt understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can...”

“Any happiness, no matter how brief, seemed better than the long, simmering torture of waking up day after day, knowing I could never have him.”

“Everyone always wants to know how you can tell when it's true love, and the answer is this: when the pain doesn't fade and the scars don't heal, and it's too damned late.”