“It's not that simple or clear-cut - and I wonder if it ever is when it comes to matters of the heart.”

“Did she ever regret her choices? Were her decisions more clear-cut than mine - or are there always shades of gray whe it comes to matters of the heart?”

“You can never be too sure when it comes to things that matter most”

“She wonders what fool ever said that it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all - she has never disagreed with something so much.”

“I wondered why I was so startled by the encounter when there was something that seemed utterly inevitable about the moment. Not in any grand, destined sense; just in the quiet, stubborn way that unfinished business has of imposing its will on the unwilling.”

“But I am learning that perfection isn't what matters. In fact, it's the very thing that can destroy you if you let it.”

“I spend the rest of the afternoon trying to explain to Zoe one of the very saddest notions in love and life: sometimes the timing is wrong--and sometimes you realize the heart of the matter way to late in the game.”