““What I mean is, I didn't fall in love with you all as a whole. I fell in love with each of you because of who you are. I don't care about you because you come with Mara. I care about you because you're a good kid. You're smart. You're loyal. And you love and look out for your sister and Mara. I know grown men who do not have a character as fine as yours. Those are the reasons I love you. There are different reasons I love Billie. And there are different reasons I love Mara. Today, what we had together was good. But the feelings I feel for you aren't feelings I have to have in order to have Mara. They're feelings you earned. Now, you with me?””
![“[...] You're not in love with anyone, are you?' 'No,' said Kay. 'Someone's in love with me, as it happens. A grand person, too… But that's another secret. I'm thinking of the morphia, you see. I'm counting on your not being able to remember any of this.' 'Why is it a secret?' 'I promised the…” quote by Sarah Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ca/sarah-waters-2758_love_you-re-not-in-love-with-anyone-are-you-n_1599497.jpg)
![“If you worked hard for it, if you didn't give up, even when you found your way and you thought you had everything, life found a way to give you more. [Zara]” quote by Kristen Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e77/kristen-ashley-74_life_if-you-worked-hard-for-it-if-you-didn-t_32493.jpg)
