So how you're gonna play this?" Trenton asked." Divide and conquer."" Divide what?"" His head from the rest of his body." Trenton nodded quickly. "Good plan.

— Jamie McGuire

Sometimes goodbye is a second chance. Clears your head. Anyway... missing someone makes you remember why you loved that person in the first place.

— Jamie McGuire

Sweet potato fries?

— Jamie McGuire

The anger subsided, and my shoulders fell. “I know you didn’t. But you have got to curb this overprotective big-brother thing you’ve got going on.” Travis laughed once. “I’m not playing the big brother, Pigeon. Not even close.

— Jamie McGuire

The more he smiled, the more I wanted to hate him, and yet it was the very thing that made hating him impossible.

— Jamie McGuire

The only thing that made sense were the thoughts on repeat inside my head: I was about to become the husband of the second woman I’d ever loved. It was almost time. Damn. Shit, yeah! Fuck, yes! I was getting married!

— Jamie McGuire

There is a distinct difference between the ability to create life and the innate need to protect it; to cherish it. The life you've created is the one being you love most in the universe, and that intense love evolves into something that goes far beyond a sense of duty. It is instinct; pure and undeniable. As a direct result, one must neglect all else to preserve it. Even those we have claimed to love before.

— Jamie McGuire

The snow began to fall again, drifting against the windows, politely begging entrance and then falling with disappointment to the ground

— Jamie McGuire

They don’t want me. They’re curious why you want me. And anyway, I feel sorry for anyone that thinks they have a chance. I am hopelessly and completely in love with you.” A pained look shadowed his face. “You know why I want you? I didn’t know I was lost until you found me. I didn’t know what alone was until the first night I spent without you in my bed. You’re the one thing I’ve got right. You’re what I’ve been waiting for, Pigeon.

— Jamie McGuire

Time will make it worse! You're...the other half of his soul. He's never going to get over you. And no matter how much you hope that you will... you'll never get over him. You're going to wake up one day and realize what you've done, and you're going to regret the time you wasted apart from him for the rest of your life.

— Jamie McGuire