My Wants Are Simple: A

The Person Who Wants Out Of The Relationship Always Gets Her Way.

I Try To Recognize That There Is No Such Thing As Having It All - And It's Impossible To Be Perfect. You Just Have To Let Certain Things Go.

Then He Asks If He Can Kiss Me. It Is A Question I Don’t Usually Like. Just Do It, I Always Think.

A Theme In A Lot Of My Books - And In My Own Life - Is Making Choices That You Feel You Should Make, Or What Society Wants You To Make, As Opposed To What Is Truly Right For You.

Anxiety Was Not An Emotion I Could Ever Remember Feeling When I Went Out In New York, And I Wondered Why Tonight Felt So Different. Maybe It Was Because I No Longer Had A Boyfriend Or Fiance. I Suddenly Recognized That There Was Safety In Having Someone, As Well As A Lack Of Pressure To Shine. Ironically, This Had Cultivated A Certain Free-spiritedness That Had, In Turn, Allowed Me To Be The Life Of The Party And Hoard The Affection Of Additional Men....but That Had All Changed. I Didn't Have A Boyfriend, A Perfect Figure, Or Alcohol-induced Outrageousness To Fall Back On.