November 9

You’ll never be able to find yourself if you’re lost in someone else.

When you find love, you take it. You grab it with both hands and you do everything in your power not to let it go. You can’t just walk away from it and expect it to linger until you’re ready for it.

You can’t leave yet. I’m not finished falling in love with you.

If we’re going to kiss, it has to be book-worthy.

She “loved me” in quotations She kissed me in bold I TRIED TO KEEP HER in all caps She left with an ellipsis . . .

She’s not the kind of girl you choose your battles for. She’s the kind of girl you fight to the death for.

I thought I was stronger than a word, but I just discovered that having to say goodbye to you is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.

I would never let anyone else borrow my heart if I know there’s a chance in hell you might want it back.

Sigh" "Did you just say sigh? out loud? instead of actually sighing? "Eye roll

Whoever said the truth hurts was being an optimist. The truth is an excruciatingly painful son of a bitch.

It took four years for me to fall in love with him. It only took four pages to stop.

Goals are achieved through discomfort and hard work. They aren’t achieved when you hide out in a place where you’re nice and cozy.

It’s easy to fall in love, Ben. The hard part comes when you want out.

I think about you every second of every day and I don’t know how to get over you,” she says. “Don’t,” I beg her. “Please don’t get over me.

Don't stop" I tease in a seductive voice. " Give me more, Ben. Did you read eBooks or..." I run my finger slowly down his chest."Hardbacks?" He pulls his hands behind his head and a smug look washes over his face. "Oh, they were hardbacks, all right. And I'm not sure if you're ready for this, but...I have my own TBR pile. You should read it, Fallon. It's huge

Loving someone means accepting all the things and people that person loves, too.

You left with my soul in your fists and my heart in your teeth, and I don’t want either of them back.” ~Ben

In her darkness, she is silent. In my darkness, she screams.

I don’t want to be your first, Fallon. I want to be your last.

One of the things I always try to remind myself is that everyone has scars,” she says. “A lot of them even worse than mine. The only difference is that mine are visible and most people’s aren’t.

If she’s not careful, I might just fall in love with her. Tonight.

I’m in love with her. Like, really in love with her. Crippling, debilitating, paralyzing love.

We don't get to choose our parents, and parents don't get to choose their children. But we do get to choose how hard we're willing to work in order to make the best of what we're given.

Whether or not the couple ends up together at the end of a book doesn’t determine whether that book has a happy ending or not. As long as the two people end up happy, it doesn’t really matter if they end up happy together.

I missed you,” he says. “A lot. And screw it if I’m not supposed to admit that, but I tried the whole alpha-male thing for two seconds and I just can’t do it. So you don’t get alpha-Ben today. I’m sorry.

If you don’t show up today, I’ll be there next year. And the next. Every November 9th I’ll wait for you, hoping one day you’ll be able to find enough forgiveness to love me again. But if that doesn’t happen and you never show, I’ll still be grateful to you until the day that I die. You saved me the day we met.

Why do you look like you’re in pain?” she asks. “Because keeping my mouth off you hurts like hell.

When you’re willing to give up the things that mean the most to you just to see someone else happy, that’s real love.

Because when you love someone, you owe it to them to help them be the best version of themselves that they can be. And as much as it crushes me to admit this, the best version of you doesn’t include me.

Fucking beautiful,” I whisper. She smiles and then ducks her head. “I feel stupid.” “I barely know you, so I’m not about to argue with you over your level of intelligence, because you could very well be as dumb as a rock. But at least you’re pretty.