“Sometimes we don’t get second chances, Owen. Sometimes things just end.”He winces. “We didn’t even get a first chance.”
More from Colleen Hoover on Life
“Sometimes you have to choose between a bunch of wrong choices and no right ones. You just have to choose which wrong choices feels the least wrong.”
“Today is a really bad day, Syd. A really, really bad day. Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective”
“Nothing is permanent. The only thing any of us have in common is the inevitable.”
“Regret is counterproductive. It's looking back on a past that you can't change. Questioning things as they occur can prevent regret in the future.”
“You can't get mad at a real ending. Some of them are ugly. It's the fake happily ever afters that should piss you off.”
“There will be days that I don't think we'll know how to survive. But we will, because we have each other.”
“Sometimes moving on is the only way to move on.”
“Sometimes we don't get second chances. Sometimes things just end.”
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