Sarah DessenI didn't want to leave things the way we had, unresolved, ... and tried to tell myself he cared about me enough not to look elsewhere for what I wasn't giving him.
About This Quote
Amy is talking about how she tried to convince herself that her boyfriend was so in love with her that he wasn’t cheating on her. She wanted to believe he loved her so much that he was willing to leave his current girlfriend and go back to dealing with the pain of not having Amy in his life again.
Source: Someone Like You
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