“My world was delicately balanced, but the scales never hung even. When something improved, something else had to crumble.”

“He leaned toward me and delicately grazed my lips with his. The tease left me breathless, burning for more. “I keep having to remind myself that I can do that,” he smirked.”

“We were engaged in a very intricate dance of touching without touching, knowing without saying, and feeling without expressing. We were friends walking along a ledge, a very thin ledge - and I was too caught up in my heightened awareness of his existence to realize how close the ledge was to crumbling beneath my feet.”

“In the balance of love and loss, it was love that made me struggle to… Breathe.”

“I knew there was going to be pain whether I did anything wrong or not – so maybe I should do something to actually deserve it.”

“Having difficulty deciding? Or are you afraid of tapping into that emotion? I'm sorry you have to feel it, but I think you can create something amazing if you let yourself explore it. It may not help you heal, but it may help you process it.”

“I knew in that moment, I would never love anyone in my life the way I loved Evan Mathews.”