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1 " I needed to let go of what I thought my life was supposed to look like in order to write a new story. "
― Vi Keeland , The Invitation
2 " Life is messy. You know the only time it's not? When you're not living it--when you're just going through the motions. "
3 " We're only afraid of the things that mean the most to us. "
4 " You’re not a woman who needs a man. You’re a woman a man needs. "
5 " I don't think any of the things that happened are coincidence. I think life is a series of stepping stones that branch out in all different directions. We have no idea what path we're supposed to follow, so we tend to walk a straight line and follow the biggest stones, because that's the easiest thing to do. Coincidences are the smaller stones that lead you on a path that veers off. If you're brave enough, you follow those stones, and you wind up exactly where you're supposed to be. "
6 " I don’t think forgiving ... means you’re excusing their behavior. I think forgiveness is more about not letting it destroy your heart anymore. "
7 " If you say so. You know your hobby is a bit strange, right?” “I do. But so what? It makes me happy.” It struck a chord, the way something so simple could make her happy. "
8 " I cupped his cheek. "I'm so glad you waited me out.""I knew you'd be worth waiting for. "
9 " Why the hell does everyone in my life ask me if I want to know what they think and then when I say no, they tell me anyway? "
10 " Hudson looked back and forth between my eyes. 'You want to know a secret?'I smiled. 'Sure.'He leaned close and whispered. 'You can do anything. "
11 " The difficulty with soul mates was that when you shared a bond unlike anything you’d experienced with another human, they were pretty good at calling bullshit when you tried to hide your heartache. "
12 " You can’t force chemistry to exist where it doesn’t—the sameway you can’t stop it from existing where you don’t want it. There are somethings we’re just powerless over. "
13 " Would I want to know if my dad wasn’t really my dad?Oh, God. That thought made my head spin even more. The way my parents slept around, it was entirely possible that my father wasn’t my father. "
14 " Life is messy. You know the only time it’s not? When you’re not living it—when you’re just going through the motions. "
