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101 " How are you so calm?” I ask him. Jonah leans back in his chair with a sidelong look in my direction. “I’m not calm,” he says. “I’m hurt. I’m angry. But I’m also not as invested as you, so I think it’s natural for us to have different reactions.” “Not as invested as me?” “Chris wasn’t my brother,” he says, matter-of-factly. “Jenny wasn’t someone I’ve been married to for half my life. They’ve cut you deeper than they’ve cut me.” I look away from Jonah because his words make me want to wince. I don’t like that description. “They’ve cut you . . .” It’s the perfect explanation for how I feel, but I never imagined Jenny and Chris would be the ones to make me feel it. Jonah "
― Colleen Hoover , Regretting You
102 " Sick babies need all the kisses they can get. "
103 " The search for myself is becoming my favorite part of my new journey. "
104 " I’m always going to have memories of them because they were a huge part of my life. But these letters are not my memories of them. They aren’t ones I want to know or keep in any capacity. One by one, I rip them into tiny shreds without reading them. I’m content with the direction in which my life is headed, and I know if I obsess over the past, that obsession will only serve to anchor me in a place I am more than ready to move on from. "
105 " It means people who make mistakes usually learn from them. That doesn't make them hypocrites. It makes them experienced. "