Confess

by Colleen Hoover

“Are you here to save me?”

I’m scared I’ll never stop comparing my life without him to how my life was when I was with him.

You Don’t Exist, God. And If You Do, You Should Be Ashamed.

When I’m with You, I Think of All the Great Things I Could Be If I Were Without You.”

“Surface friends” is what I call it. When your friendship is merely a façade and you’re enemies on the inside.

‘Every night after my son falls asleep, I hide a brand-new toy in his room. Every morning when he wakes up and finds it, I pretend not to know how it got there. Because Christmas should come every day and I never want my son to stop believing in magic.’ ”

My mother says there are people you meet and get to know, and then there are people you meet and already know.

It’s amazing how much distance one truth can create between two people.

“Sometimes we don’t get second chances, Owen. Sometimes things just end.”

“There are people you meet that you get to know, and then there are people you meet that you already know.”

And now I’m paying the ultimate price, because it’s costing me you, Auburn.

but sometimes in order to save a relationship, you have to sacrifice it first.”

“Us, Auburn. I’ve had to sacrifice us.”

Selflessness. It should be the basis of every relationship. If a person truly cares about you, they’ll get more pleasure from the way they make you feel, rather than the way you make them feel.