“If my mom says women are not property how come I want to belong to someone?”

“If mom says women are not property, how come I want to belong to someone else?”

“I want another person to notice me, to say that I matter, to say that they care about me.”

“But no matter how hard I try, I still yearn forhugs/kisses/smiles/a hand to hold.”

“Katie says, "You can't choose the time and place the when and where with whom you fall in love."She says, "It just happens like that weird feeling you get right before you fall asleep when you gasp in surprise because your muscles just relaxed and you feel like you are falling."She says, "Marcie, you shouldn't worry about it -- give it time to actually happen."I guess --I worry that I won't do it right.That it'll be the wrong time, the wrong place, the wrong person.”

“I guess I was used to keeping my secrets to myself.”

“There is no three-strikes when it comes to dating. One heartbreak and that's it.”