“Loving someone gave them power over you, and she wasn't ready to do that just yet.”

“If she would just let herself go I would be there to catch her if she fell but she wasn't ready to take that step yet."Ethan Sterling in Private Emotions”

“You know you love someone when he makes all the ordinary moments feel extraordinary. When doing absolutely nothing feels like everything. Gray assumed he wasn't enough. And what I didn't admit, what I didn't realize at the time, is that it's just the opposite. He was too much, That kind of love is the kind that traps you. And I'm not ready for it yet.”

“She didn't want to be considered a woman yet, wasn't ready to be the recipient of jewelry from men.”

“Love is when you give someone else the power to destroy you, and you trust them not to do it.”

“love gave someone the power to break you. I'd been broken beyond repair.”