So maybe it wasn't the fairy tale. But those stories weren't real anyway. Mine were. - Sarah Dessen

It's still a memory worth having, even if it's not exactly what you imagined.

I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be the easier path. You had to fight to be virtuous...

This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They don’t jump in on your sentences, saving you from actually finishing them, or talk over you, allowing what you do manage to get out to be lost or altered in transit. Instead, they wait, so you have to keep going.