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.

The past tended to catch up to people on Sunday nights.

but there are people in this world who, after you meet them, you walk away a better person.

“Falling in love doesn’t require behaving foolishly.

Don’t stay with someone because you feel sorry for them.