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.

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.

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.

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

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)