“That's the thing," Jo says. "You think you know what you're in for. I mean, you tell yourself that, of course, it's not going to be wine and roses and all of that bullshit for the rest of your life,… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“I smiled sweetly and pushed up on my tiptoes, kissing him softly on his too-chapped lips, and agreed. "Yes, to us.” — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“Outside, with Labor Day having come and gone, summer is fighting a dying battle against the fall air. The leaves are hanging perilously on… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“The strangest thing about returning to an enclave that encapsulated your youth is that you feel like nothing should have changed. Like you still… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“I'd recognized it only recently. I wasn't sure if it was because she had changed or I had, but it didn't really matter. I… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“Happiness is what you choose, what you follow, not what follows you. These are the things I have seen, these are the things I… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“motherhood is like this: a series of tiny moments that add up to an enormous love, with lots of other moments of frustration and… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“There is a moment in every relationship when one of the parties senses its imminent demise. There's a moment of incredible clarity when your… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“I feel like I’m caught in time, caught in a perfect moment inside a snow globe that maybe I’d beg my mom for at… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“My spine shoots up straight like I'd been plugged into an eight-volt, and the mere sight of him literally causes my breath to leave… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“But I suppose our childhoods are seeds inside of us that plant roots forever, even when we’re certain their life cycles have long since… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
But what's regret anyway? Regret, I am learning these days, is a lot of things. But mostly, it's a slippery seed of longing, of… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“You have to know... What you have to know in all of this, through all of this, is that no matter how lost you… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“Mostly, people are who they are. But if you accept this about them, you can move forward and build from there—then, they can surprise… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“And that, despite the fact that we'd broken up seven years prior and I'd been the one to finally—firmly and permanently—walk away from him… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“The past is who you are. The future is what you do with that.” — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
“...I realize that lessons are meant to be learned, honored even, or else you can spend your life running so far from them that… — Allison Winn Scotch Copy Share Image
