Mom and Dad were great, but being asked where I was going every time I left the house - or where I'd been every time I returned - got old quickly.

How could someone possibly be that beautiful? She wondered for the hundred thousandth time. What higher power orchestrated such a perfect union of genes? Who decided that one single solitary soul deserved skin like that? It was so fundamentally unfair.(Chasing Harry Winston)

Focus on yourself -- do what you want, when you want, without having to consider anyone else's agenda.

First loves were powerful and private,and they stayed with you for a very long time. A lifetime.(...) There would always be a small,intimate piece of your heart tucked away for the person you loved first.

But I cheered myself up slightly with the rationalization that all new relationships - even the fictional ones - have obstacles to overcome in the beginning. I would not give up hope on this one. Not yet.

He certainly seems like the perfect guy but none of that matters if he's not the perfect guy for you.