I had thought peace was a place where there was no turbulence or fear. Where there were no highs and lows and where happiness was found in the calm at the center. But at that moment, I finally realized peace wasn’t about avoiding things. It was about making the choice to live life with all its chaos around you, and in the midst of it all, having calm in your heart.

Candace doesn't have to worry about me being busy in my world without you, because you are my world.

Dickhead. He makes a beeline for Kate, not even seeing the other women who are right in front of him. Tunnel vision. He wants her bad. Where have I seen the look on his face before? Oh, yeah. In the mirror.

Now that you’ve admitted what your heart holds, perhaps the next step is sharing it with the person who holds your heart.

You can’t make someone love a person. But the opposite is also true. Nothing can make someone unlove a person, either.

And here I was thinking her letting me kiss her, letting me look at her beautiful face while I was inside her, was the biggest gift she could give me. But this - this was so much more. Trust.

She said, 'Forgive me for being a dreamer,' and he took her by the hand and replied, 'Forgive me for not being here sooner to dream with you,

And then he kissed me, and when the haze of lust cleared and my knees found their strength, and all I could think was Oh Shit

You know, you're a lot like him," I'd definitely lost my mind considering I was now talking to an unopened bouquet of flowers. "So pretty and smelling good. But give in and pick one up, and I'll get pricked by a thorn.