“When merely meeting someone is ridden with angst and open to misinterpretation, is it any wonder she is so hopeless at relationships.”

“And then another letter had come from Christopher, so devastating that Amelia wondered how mere scratches of ink on paper could rip someone's soul to shreds. She had wondered how she could feel so much pain and still survive.”

“That was the worst thing about having a relationship with someone, even a pretend relationship. You opened up, let someone in, and when it was over, they had all the ammunition they needed to completely destroy you.”

“When someone who's starved of love is shown something that looks like sincere affection, is it any wonder that she jumps at it and clings to it?”

“I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead.”

“She was so beautiful, like someone who you will never meet, but always dream of meeting, like someone who is too good for you.”