Abigail Smith

“Like what was wrong with being single? What was wrong with not having someone’s hand to hold and whatever else couples do? Why couldn’t a seventeen-year-old just be on her own and everyone be okay with that? Without expecting her to fall in love at any given moment?”
― Alex Light, The Upside of Falling

“Yes, I gave them my condolences,” I cough, “I mean best wishes for a long and happy marriage.”
― Erin Hawkins, Reluctantly Yours

“Kristy is a twenty-two-year-old socialite who just graduated college and is looking to find a husband and become a housewife.”
― Erin Hawkins, Reluctantly Yours

“I’d thought my love for romance novels would have died with my parents’ divorce. Instead, it made me crave them more. I was going through two books a week. I could not get enough. It was like, if love couldn’t exist in reality, at least it was alive in fiction. Between the pages it was safe. The heartbreak was contained. There was no aftermath, no shock waves. I mean, there’s a reason all books end right after the couple gets together. No one wants to keep reading long enough to see the happily ever after turn into an unhappily ever after. Right?”
― Alex Light, The Upside of Falling