Lisa De Jong

“Life's hard and when you know there are ways to drown it out, it's hard to stay on the right path. It's a constant struggle. For a long time, I did it by myself.”

“My plastic heart became glass the day I met Dane Wright.”

“Love isn't about what you have or who you know. It's about how you earn what you have and how you treat those you love.”

“Sometimes things don't work out the way we want them to. Life was full of truths that don't play out in romance novels. Sometimes we don't get our happily ever after.”

“When you become an adult, you get to choose your path. You take all the things you learned while you were on everyone else's and use it to build your own, but it's about where you heart wants to go. It's all up to you.”

“Sometimes when life hits you with too much, it makes you stronger and you learn from it. I know where I want to go while some of my friends don't. Life has brought me maturity. I make my decisions based on who I don't want to be, rather than whom everyone else wants me to be. I always want to be better. It took me time to see this, but it's true.”

“To me, saying I'm proud of you was almost as important as I love you.”

“I wanted to live with hope; I wanted to love with my heart and turn my dreams into reality.”

“You can't walk through life using someone else's plan.”

“Living in the moment was far better than living by a script.”

“When you find someone you truly love, nothing else matters.”

“Life can be unfair and unkind, but sometimes we just have to let go and let fate take over.”

“Mistakes make us who we are.”

“Sometimes, when your back's against the wall, you can do things that you didn't know were possible.”

“Do you ever leave your arrogance at home or does it follow you wherever you go? - AlexThis isn't arrogance, I'm just honest and soon enough you'll be honest with yourself and admit that you want me as much as I want you. - Dane”

“The only one who needs to love the person you are with is you.”

“Plastic hearts are made so they cannot be broken. Cracked maybe, but never broken.”

“We all make mistakes and do things we wish we could take back, but it is what we do after that truly matters…and I like your after.”

“I didn’t want a wedding at all until this certain girl popped into my life. Now I want whatever she wants. I would do anything to make her happy.”

“Now that may be a first. A girl who has no interest whatsoever in the handsome, emotionally unavailable, Dane Wright.”

“If you get one taste of that man, you will never go back to polos and khakis. That boy is going to rock your world.”

“Redemption isn’t something that comes fast and easy. You have to put all your effort and heart into it to make it work.”

“Life inspires me. Life is unfair, unkind and unforeseeable. It knocks you down when you least expect it.”

“I learned a long time ago that most of my family and friends had plastic hearts. Plastic hearts are made so they cannot be broken. Cracked maybe, but never broken.”

“Little girls dream about growing up and living in a big house with a gorgeous husband and a pink plastic convertible. It’s not until much later in life that you realize what really matters. Love isn't about what you have or who you know. It’s about how you earn what you have and how you treat those you love. The material things don’t matter when your heart is full of joy and contentment.”