“A loving soul was always more beautiful over the long haul, but actual prettiness was fleeting.”

“Lena always described how she dreaded and mourned things before they even happened. Carmen was beginning to suspect that she was permitting herself to mourn this long separation only now that it was over.”

“A part of her wanted to tell him she still loved him, and that even though this love was hopeless and long over, it still consumed her year after year. It was a tangled hairball of feelings and she couldn't pull forth any one strand.”

“Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.”

“Women always seemed to bring the size they wished they were to the fitting room, rather than the size that would actually fit.”

“There are some people who fall in love over and over.”

“some people fall in love over and over again while some people can only do it once.”