Quote by Tara Janzen

“A good guy would have been more of a bastard to her, hurt her to avoid hurting her worse.”

— Laura Bradley Rede

“He was doing the right thing. No matter how painful, no matter how upset she thought she was now…in the long run, ending it…

— Elisabeth Naughton

“When I kept someone else from getting hurt, did I hurt you?”

— Jodi Picoult

“He stretched out an arm and watched the myriad emotions that crossed her face as she contemplated the spot beside him. She had slept…

— Catherine Anderson

“I don’t know what happened. I wanted to keep her safe.” “Can’t, brother. All we can do is not be the ones doin’ the…

— Susan Fanetti

“But she didn’t pull away from him. If anything, she seemed to sort of melt against him. It was the first time she’d willingly…

— Maisey Yates

“What upset her most was the cold-blooded way he'd dismissed her from his life. It seemed so easy for him, so...simple. She was gone…

— Debbie Macomber

She wanted to cause him pain for taking a place in her heart she wouldn't have given him if she'd known the truth.

— Kristin Cashore

“It hurt because he knew she loved him; she had told him as much. It just-just not enough...”

— Melissa de la Cruz

“My price was his oath that he'd never lay a hand on you again. I told him I'd forgive him in exchange for that."…

— Sarah J. Maas

“She couldn't let him get close. He would let her down. She knew it. And when that happened, she would be worse off than…

— Carolyne Aarsen

“He wouldn’t hurt her. Never on purpose. Nev was going to hurt her accidentally, and when he did it would be her own fault.”

— Ruthie Knox