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It had made her too helpless, because that's what love did. There was no way around it and no way to fight it. Now if she lost, she lost everything.

It had made her too helpless, because that’s what love did. There was no way around it and no way to fight it. Now if she lost, she lost everything.
– Alice Hoffman

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