Annabel Monaghan

But the part where Ben is who he is and it’s not my problem anymore, that’s fine with me.

If someone leaves you, it’s because they didn’t want to be with you. All you lost was someone who didn’t want to be there anyway.

At the corner of arrogance and cluelessness, you find the worst kind of person.

“Can I come sit with you?” he asks.

“I’ve been thinking about that for a long time,” he says.

you can talk someone into loving you again.

“I know what I want too,” she tells him as he holds her hand. “And it’s not you.”

When you emerge onto the main road it feels like you’ve been transported from one world to another, like a bride leaving the church. It feels like a treat going out for milk, and it feels like a treat coming home

The first morning we woke up here, I got up at first light because we didn’t have any curtains yet. I took my coffee to the front porch, and the sunrise was the surprise of my life. I’d never seen the house at six A.M. I didn’t even know we were facing east. It was like a gift with purchase, a reward for loving this broken place.

I am.” It’s important when talking to Molly that you don’t offer any additional information or ask any follow-up questions