What happened to Violet was terrible, and I__ not saying fate happens without blame. But when fate turns out well, everyone should forget the bad road that got us here.

Maybe it was fate that I sat next to her that day, or serendipity, divine intervention, who knows? However you look at, I got seated next to the first girl to ever really steal my heart. I was in love from that moment on.

Let today be the day you learn the grace of letting go and the power of moving on.

Sometimes, the most graceful way to handle something is to be decidedly ungraceful.

You can__ re-create the first time you promise to love someone or the first time you feel loved by another. You cannot relive the sensation of fear, admiration, self-­consciousness, passion, and desire all mixed into one because it never happens twice. You chase it like the first high for the rest of your life. It doesn__ mean you can__ love another or move on; it just means that the one spontaneous moment, the split second that you took the leap, when your heart was racing and your mind was muddled with What ifs?__hat moment__ill never happen the same way again. It will never feel as intense as the first time. At least, that__ the way I remember it. That__ why my mother always said we memorialize our past. Everything seems better in a memory.

Don't stay in the harbour and miss the greatness of the sea. Just because everyone else is anchored, doesn't mean you have to be.