An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak (Heartsong, #1)

by Jennifer Hartmann

All I know is that I’m going to use the time I have left to make up for the time lost. I know, now…I need to find him. I need to find my old friend.

Things that make us sad aren’t all bad. Sometimes, sad things serve as a gentle reminder that we still feel.

I’m no fucking good for you, but somehow, you’re the best thing about me—it’s a recipe for disaster.”

I never saw it coming. I never saw her coming back into my life, and now she’s all I can see through the smoke.

I’m sorry for not being able to love you, because everything I love dies. And if I lose you, it’ll finally be the goddamn end of me.

My greatest fear has come true. Lucy, Lucy, my sweet Lucy. Her fucking heart broke.