“Because as much as she thought she wanted safety, wanted security and reliability, the kiss had shifted something in her.”

“If she’s gonna love again, it won’t be an eternity but a hard, fast conflagration that leaves everyone else in the embers.”

“For a short burst of time, we completely belong to each other, absorbed by the needs of our physicality, glued together by the passion of our lips.”

“We sealed it with a kiss, and with the kiss, we sealed what would eventually become an engagement, a marriage, a Cape Cod, a dog, grilled cheese sandwiches on Mondays, and everything in between.”

“They were growing closer and closer every day, and Charlotte was finding something magical at Wildflower, something she never thought she would find again—love.”

“Because as much as she thought she wanted safety, wanted security and reliability, the kiss had shifted something in her.”

“I don't think love is once in a lifetime. I think love is always a possibility.”

“No matter how hard you try to be a good person, to make choices that will lead to success, nothing is promised. Even the good and the innocent are damned from time to time.”

“Nonetheless, love is a funny thing. More specifically, second loves are a funny thing. For no matter how special that second or third or even fourth love is, no matter how much you can’t live without him, the first one always creeps in.”

“No one can soothe my inner being like you. No one can make me look to the future with such excitement like you did. No one can understand me, fulfill me, fit me like you did." ~Emma Ranstein”

“Life, as I’ve learned, fails to be a concrete, concise package that can easily be wrapped up and contained. Life is full of messy, unpredictable circumstances that test not only our characters, but the people around us as well. Our choices are not always about choosing between right and wrong, good or bad. They are sometimes about following the path that you simply have to follow, for one reason or another.”