Reign (American Royals #4)

by Katharine McGee

But a good thing can still hurt.”

I never leaned on anyone. But going into battle alone doesn’t make you strong; it makes you vulnerable. Asking for help when you need it is the true strength.”

Closure. What a strange concept. Was it possible to close your heart to someone you had loved that fiercely for that long?

You had to pour some of yourself into a relationship, but you couldn’t give away all of you.

There must have been a small, undefended corner of Daphne’s heart that still hoped, in spite of everything she’d done, that she was worthy of truly being loved.

If, if, if. Nina was sick of imagining the countless ways their relationship could have played out.

“Love is a conscious decision that you have to make over and over: committing to someone, choosing not to be with anyone else. Some days you will make each other happy, and some days you will disappoint or hurt each other.

Of how desperately she would fight to save their relationship—even if it meant going back to Hawaii, walking away from everything she had started to build here.

Of course, Nina knew from experience that words could be sharper than any knife.

“A very smart girl once told me that if we want things to change, we need to change them ourselves.”

It’s never the right thing to pledge your heart and not mean it.”

Love could only ever strengthen you; it lifted you up and made you a better version of yourself.