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You know your hobby is a bit strange, right?” “I do. But so what? It makes me happy.”
“You said your ex was sleeping with someone else. And yet you still believe in fairy tales?” “Just because I’ve been burned doesn’t mean I don’t believe in love. I was devastated when Aiden and I broke up. It took me a long time to move on and find happiness again. Heck, I’m still working on finding my happiness. But one of the things that keeps my spirits up is to believe we’re all meant to have a happily ever after. Mine just wasn’t supposed to be with Aiden.”
“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.”
Some of the best things in life are messy—buns, sheets after good sex, lava cake, watermelon. Do I need to go on?”
You’re not a woman who needs a man. You’re a woman a man needs. I’m not sure I even recognized the difference years ago.
“Thank you,” I said. “For what?” “For seeing me the way you do. I know I can be a handful at times.” Hudson looked into my eyes. “You are a handful. But don’t worry.” He winked. “I’ve got two big hands.”
“Glad you finally listened to the whisper, sweetheart.” “I didn’t really have a choice. My whisper has been more like a scream lately.”
think I’d like to conquer happiness next.”
I needed to let go of what I thought my life was supposed to look like in order to write a new story.”
don’t think forgiving your parents means you’re excusing their behavior. I think forgiveness
is more about not letting it destroy your heart anymore.”
I smiled back, and a little bit of hope sparked inside me. Maybe, just maybe, he’d be the one man who didn’t let me down.
squeezed. “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.”
