“Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do.”

“Keep in mind that people change, but the past doesn't.”

“My most noticeable physical trait is, hands down, my hair. It's big, unruly and curly, and you can spot it from a mile away... literally.”

“I love you more than I think I should.”

“Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation?”

“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.”

“I couldn't stand here, hanging on, when the very thing I held disappeared more with each passing day.”

“I needed him like I'd never needed anyone.”

“Sometimes bad things have to happen before good things can.”