“hindsightis gainedthroughexperience”

“Kaeleigh, queen of passive, all the time saying no, but not strong enough to mean it.”

“A whole big, giant world full of men. Men with blue eyes. Brown eyes. Green eyes. And indescribable shades in between. Tall men. Short men. Skinny men. Built men. And all combinations thereof. Nice men (so I've heard, but never really seen). Mean men. Decent men, indecent. And who knows which is the best kind to have, to hold, to love? I'd say, with so many men in the world, it would pay to sample a few. Scratch that. More than a few. Lots and lots. And then a few more. And maybe, after years of research, you might find one worth not throwing back. But hey, the fun is in the fishing.”

“And almost instantly, Daddy made everything seem just fine. Even when it wasn't.”

“But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be a comfort. Because to tell the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape.”

“I can't change what has happened in the past, Kaeleigh. I can only promise to make the future better.”

“But then, my entire life is bullshit. The best things in it have vanished, ghosts. Ghosts I'll admit I created.”