I made the mistake of opening my heart up to someone who clearly could never feel the same about me.

—Abbi Glines in The Vincent Brothers

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About Abbi Glines

Abbi Glines (Abigail Glines) is an American New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling novelist. Her new-adult fiction titled Fallen Too Far was self-published on eBook and paperback in 2012.

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I was watching my friends live around me, but I wasn't living. I was getting by. Making it day to day.

—Abbi Glines in Hold On Tight

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Did everyone lie? Was that the way life was? I couldn't trust anyone but myself.

—Abbi Glines in Hold On Tight

He was every daydream I had allowed myself to have since I was a little girl. A big, beautiful, strong man who could keep me safe. Someone who would love me and ride in on his horse and wrap me up in his arms so that no one could hurt me again.

—Abbi Glines in Until The End

I know you'll leave. I don't have any grand illusions.

—Abbi Glines in Until The End

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You would think after the rejection I've been dealt in my life that I'd be used to it. But it doesn't get easier. Not really. It makes you cautious. It makes you careful not to get your hopes up.

—Abbi Glines in The Vincent Brothers

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Love you will find only where you may show yourself weak without provoking strength.

—Theodor W. Adorno

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Cruelty is easy, and it breeds only misery. Kindness is harder, and you have to be brave to give it. To be cruel, you can stay closed off from everyone, wear a mask, but to be kind, in essence, to show love, you have to make yourself vulnerable, show your true self to someone and open yourself up to rejection.

—L.H. Cosway in The Nature of Cruelty

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Big deal. So you fell in love with someone. Don't you see what happened? This guy touched a place in your heart deeper than you thought you were capable of reaching, I mean, you got zapped. But that love you felt, that's just the beginning. You just got a taste of love. That's just limited little rinky-dink mortal love. Wait till you see how much more deeply you can love than that.

—Elizabeth Gilbert in Love

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We have become terribly vulnerable, not because we suffer but because we have separated ourselves from each other. A patient once told me that he had tried to ignore his own suffering and the suffering of other people because he had wanted to be happy. Yet becoming numb to suffering will not make us happy. The part in us that feels suffering is the same as the part that feels joy.

—Rachel Naomi Remen

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You shouldn’t try to stop everything from happening. Sometimes you’re supposed to feel awkward. Sometimes you’re supposed to be vulnerable in front of people. Sometimes it’s necessary because it’s all part of you getting to the next part of yourself.

—Cecelia Ahern in The Book of Tomorrow

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