Something Like Spring (Something Like, #4)

by Jay Bell

“Friends accept you for who you are,” Steph said. “Lovers always want more from you—like your time and affection—or more for you, like they want you to be happier, healthier… just more.”

No wheelchair can support damaged self-esteem until it learns to stand upright. No cane can help emotions limp along until they can walk. A cast or brace can’t protect a vulnerable spirit, and not even the strongest painkiller can stop the ache caused by a failed relationship. No, the only way a broken heart mends itself is with stitches of time and the sticky tape of hastily rearranged dreams.

“It’s not that there’s something wrong with you, but there are people in this world who, after you meet them, you walk away a better person. No matter how okay you were before, they have a way of making you even better.

Keep showing up in the lives of the people you love, and I have no doubt that they’ll want you to stay.”

“The only thing love needs to apologize for is being too difficult to understand and too easy to give in to.”

“Don’t let it stay hidden. Love is like a flower. It needs to be out in the open where it can get fresh air and sunlight. Secrets can be fun, but eventually they’ll smother what you have together.”

It’s better to hurt someone with honesty than to hurt them with lies.”