" If Bennet could accept me, then surely it was past time to fully accept myself for the way I was. I couldn’t change it. Couldn’t hide it. Couldn’t deny it. I was unique and beautiful in my own way. I had to learn to love myself unconditionally, just the way that Bennet had begun to love me. "

― Jody Hedlund , For Love and Honor (An Uncertain Choice, #3)