"Sometimes it's good to shake up the status quo. You just have to make sure that when you turn society on its ear, you don't end up on your coutoure-covered backside."--vivian"

"Sex, no matter how explosive and emotional, was just sex after all, at least until someone said or did something to make it more than that"

"Cinderella Rule #16
Standards. Goals. Everyone has them. Or should. But before you judge yourself a success or failure, make certain the standards you're applying are your own. And that the goals you're trying to achieve aren't being pursued for the wrong reasons."

"Shhh. Stop trying to carry the whole world on your shoulders. Let someone hold you. Let me."

"**“I get it,” he said. “I was supposed to give you your space. I didn’t want to. So...I compromised. Only, you frustrate the hell out of me, and I’m all done with being frustrated. This is what I wanted to do. Pretty much from the moment we stopped doing it. You?”

She was still reeling, from the kiss, and the declaration. “Me, yes. Uh, too. Me, too.”

“Good.”

Then he kissed her again.**"