This novel is for everyone who has loved
completely, lost completely, and found
somewhere in the wreckage of that loss the
terrifying and necessary courage to love again.
You are not betraying who you have loved
by opening your heart again. You are honoring
what they gave you — proof that your heart is
capable of the real thing. Some people teach us
what love feels like. Some teach us how large it
can be. And sometimes, if we are willing to be
afraid and do it anyway, we find that the lesson
was also a door.