I'd be alone the rest of my life before I'd settle for less than a man that flat out adored me.

It was hard to remember that we weren't supposed to feel anything for each other when he looked at me like I was more important than the next breath.

—R.K. Lilley in In Flight

I wasn't letting go of this; this mindless moment where everything felt like it had shifted back into place and all of the wrongs were right again.

—R.K. Lilley in Lovely Trigger

There was something so comforting in the certainty that someone knew about your biggest flaws and was still willing to stick around.

—R.K. Lilley in Bad Things

I wouldn't take him back if he were the last man on earth. I'm 'if he caught fire, and I had a glass of water, I'd drink it slowly and watch' done.

—R.K. Lilley in Bad Things

We were drifting apart. I felt helpless to stop the pattern, but still, I held onto him for dear life.

—R.K. Lilley in Rock Bottom

A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend—and he's a priest.

—Erma Bombeck

I wouldn't cry today. I wouldn't cry over him again. Not ever.

—Abbi Glines in Sometimes It Lasts

Relationships give us a reason to live. Revenge.

—Ronnie Shakes

If he does it with you, he'll do it to you.

—Paula Hawkins in The Girl on the Train

We could have been happy. I know that, and it is perhaps the hardest thing to know.

—Ally Condie in Matched