I had to stop linking every ...

I had to stop linking every single thing that happened to me with Kennedy. Realization dawned then, that he was still my default. Over the past three years, we’d become each other’s habit. And though he’d broken his habit of me when he walked away, I’d not broken my habit of him. I was still tethering him to my present, to my future. The truth was, he now belonged only to my past, and it was time I began to accept it, as much as it hurt to do so.
 Tammara Webber

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Love is not the absence of logic but logic examined and recalculated heated and curved to fit inside the contours of the heart.
 Tammara Webber
I suppose love is never a sure thing, no matter what words are spoken. Love requires a leap of faith into the abyss, every time.
 Tammara Webber
Minus my relationship with Kennedy, I had no automatic invitation to Greek Parties or events, though Chaz and Erin could invite me to some stuff since I fell under the heading of acceptable things to bring to any party: alcohol and girls. Awesome. I'd gone from independent girlfriend to party paraphernalia.
 Tammara Webber
The truth was, he now belonged only to my past, and it was time I begin to accept it, as much as it hurt to do so.
 Tammara Webber
I thought I dreamed you." The words whisper from my parched throat. His head tilts to one side, his mouth shifting to something less sarcastic, more amused. "That may be the most enchanting thing I've ever been told after spending the night with a girl.
 Tammara Webber