Even when your heart washurting, there was something so hopeful about reading a book filled withlove. The pages were somewhat of a reminder that maybe one day I would beokay again. Maybe one day I would be all right.

If it hadn't been for my parents, I'd have thought soul mates were a lie.

- I'll be better tomorrow.- No you won't. But that's okay...I'll wait.- For how long?- How long will I wait? Take forever and multiply it by infinity. And then I'll wait some more.

How dare she steal something from me that wasn’t hers to take? How dare she swallow my husband whole while I was still trying to breathe him in? How dare she break my heart and not even care about the shards of brokenness piercing through my soul?

Love you, Snickers. He's nicknamed me after his favorite candy, a term of endearment. Love you, too, Dad.

Each night we watched the sun set no matter where we were, and we'd wake up early to witness it rising again. That was the thing about life: even when the days faded to black, you were always given another chance. A second moment to try again to rise from the ashes.

It’s a strange thing, though,” she told me. “What is?” “When my Prince Charming is the rest of the world’s Beast.

Maybe the point of life is to teach us that we aren’t always going to be our past mistakes. Maybe the point of life is to open ourselves up to the things that we fear most—like love.Maybe the whole point of my life was to simply find you, even if it wasn’t meant to be forever.And that thought alone is enough to get me through each night of loneliness.

And princess, can you do one thing for me?” “Of course, anything.” I combed her hair behind her ears and looked straight into those beautiful blue eyes as I spoke her way. “If you ever fall in love again, please let it be with me.