“As I said, I wish I could say it was easy. It wasn't, but it wasn't hard either. But without a strong reason or purpose, anything in life is hard. ”

“But it was time to realize that I wasn't Cinderella, and no matter how hard I wished it were true, life wasn't a fairy tale where everyone lives happily ever after.”

“That was the awakening, really; it dawned on me that this wasn't really very fair on anyone. On her. On me. On Sienna. But I wasn't willing to change anything, either. I was fiercely protective of my friendship with Sienna. I had fought for it, against my true feelings, for years. I had battled so hard to suppress my feelings, and succeeded. I could never let her go.”

“I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it.”

“It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say "I don't know.”

“Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”