“To be all in, no regrets, no turning back, no matter the consequences. It felt a lot like freedom.”
“And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based.”
“The humiliation that Jane had felt turned to something else--grief perhaps, or regret. Regret that she had not known how to act with a boy, regret that she had not been wiser.”
“Freedom, after all, is simply being able to live with the consequences of your decisions.”
“True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.”
“Something was fighting back, telling my gut to take a hike. Something wanted Jude Ryder in my life, no matter the consequences or the outcome. And whatever that something was, I liked it.”