"Listen here, Ellie. Don't go giving this encounter any crazy meaning like you did with him the first time around. IT DOESN'T MEAN A THING. Not a thing. Sometimes, in life, there is no meaning at all."
"It's a matter of curiosity--and anyone who says they are utterly indifferent to what their significant exes are doing is, in my opinion, either lying or lacking a certain amount of emotional depth. I'm not saying it's healthy to be past-obsessed, ferreting out details of every ex. But it's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved."
"I still dwelled on Leo (and 'what went wrong') much more than I cared to admit to anyone--even myself, and the thought of him could still stop me in my tracks, send a ripple through my heart, fix a knot in my chest. But I had learned to manage those emotions, compartmentalize them. The worst of the pain had receded with time as it always does, for everyone I mostly saw Leo for what he was--A PAST LOVE WHO WAS NEVER COMING BACK, and I saw myself as a wiser, more complete woman for having lost him."
"Clean breaks are always good.
I murmured my agreement. 'Yeah. I never really understood those people who are all buddy-buddy with their exes.'
'I know,' Andy said, 'Someone's still holding a flame.'
'Like Ty,' I said, laughing.
'Ex-actly," Andy said. 'I mean, c'mon man, LET THE DREAM DIE ALREADY."
"It's a matter of curiosity--and anyone who says they are utterly indifferent to what their significant exes are doing is, in my opinion, either lying or lacking a certain amount of emotional depth. I'm not saying it's healthy to be past-obsessed, ferreting out details of every ex. But it's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved."
"I still dwelled on Leo (and 'what went wrong') much more than I cared to admit to anyone--even myself, and the thought of him could still stop me in my tracks, send a ripple through my heart, fix a knot in my chest. But I had learned to manage those emotions, compartmentalize them. The worst of the pain had receded with time as it always does, for everyone I mostly saw Leo for what he was--A PAST LOVE WHO WAS NEVER COMING BACK, and I saw myself as a wiser, more complete woman for having lost him."
"Clean breaks are always good.
I murmured my agreement. 'Yeah. I never really understood those people who are all buddy-buddy with their exes.'
'I know,' Andy said, 'Someone's still holding a flame.'
'Like Ty,' I said, laughing.
'Ex-actly," Andy said. 'I mean, c'mon man, LET THE DREAM DIE ALREADY."
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