I've been in love and it doesn't last. And when it's over, it's hell for a while. And then one discovers that life goes on. Eventually, one falls in love again. This pattern repeats itself until one is too jaded to believe in it anymore, or too old for all the upheaval.

“A woman could be as beautiful as she felt herself to be.”

“He imagined her upstairs in her room, lying in bed with her hair spread across …”

“He likes you,” Miss Dove said, sounding surprised.“Yes,” Harry answered with an…”

“If you’re not gratified, you should be,” he told her as he tucked the letter ba…”