" Madam Psuka shook her head. “Is not the end. All is not lost.” “Well, it feels that way to me.” I stood up. “Come on, Emme.” But the madam wasn’t done with me. “Be stronger. Be braver. Trust yourself. Open yourself up to all possibilities. Stop seeing yourself trapped in a cycle of heartbreak, and a way out will present itself to you—but not if you refuse to let it. Not if you refuse love. "

― Melanie Harlow , Only Him (One and Only, #2)