" I haven't gotten over him and probably never will," I said. "I guess he was my first love."
"I know all about that," my knees went on. "I worry that if something happens, there will never be anybody else for me, either. And I don't want to go the rest of my life not having what I've got now. Not having someone you can talk to about anything, someone who cares and is kind." She hesitated, and what she said next was honed to an edge. "Someone who doesn't get jealous and use you. "

― Patricia Cornwell , Unnatural Exposure (Kay Scarpetta, #8)