“She didn't want to let go of him, or the baby, but sometimes life made you give up what you loved most.”

“...But sometimes life made you give up what you loved most. Sometimes there were no compromises or bargains.”

“Sometimes life will make you give up what you love most.”

“Sometimes, I think one should only live in the present. The past is only a heavy burden to carry with you. And yet… it’s so hard to let them go… to forget… to move ahead…”

“Love is messy. If you really love someone, you can't avoid the pain. People die, people leave, things change, but sometimes it all works”

“I don't want to have to give up me, in order to be his.”

“But even she had figured out that there was no point giving up a great job and following him to the ends of the earth, when he simply refused to make any promises about, or even discuss, the future.”