After reading a few chapters of Maybe Now by Colleen Hoover, I noticed a beautifully meaningful quote from the novel. It says “It was hard falling in love with someone who was committed to someone else. It was even harder trying to prevent it from happening.”

This is probably one of the most moving quotes I have even read through my life. Coming through this bitter-sweet reality of wording makes me feel like I am having a box of chocolate in the morning right after I brush my teeth, and I can feel its taste on the top of my tongue early of the day. In fact, there can be at least implications from the quote, basing on readers’ experiences. 

If you read the quote for the first time, you will see the unpleasant part of the line which reminds of many people out there who are dreadfully falling in love with a person who has already been in a relationship with somebody else. Their existence might not even be seen by the person they cherish, or even if the person is aware of their intention, he or she might not care because all commitment and attention are paid to someone else whom he or she treasures the most. 

This is insanely hurtful, yet the question is how this could possibly happen. Just like what you all might have repeatedly heard from people saying that love is blind and unconditional. It really is. In my view, I believe people tend to fall in love without having purposes to love. It is just a moment when their heart opens its door to save that person’s identity and develop a crush on him or her immediately. Thus, this natural occurrence of sentimentality is practically far beyond what we, as human beings, are capable of reaching to prevent it from happening. 

In contrast, if you have read the book, you would clearly comprehend the actual cause of its situation. The utterance of the quote was just made due to the feelings of discomfort and jealousy from a girlfriend of a man who had texted with his ex-girlfriend about a little thing. The man doesn’t cheat on the girlfriend because they’ve all known that it was just a friendship-related conversation right there. No matter what, the circumstance here would truly be weird and let the girlfriend feel like she is just a third wheel. 

Actually, the man was also aware of his girlfriend’s concern, so he decided to clarify and make things right back on track by asking her right to the point of how she felt about the text. After they talked, his assurance has made her awful mood fade away, and they clearly know that what really matters now is they love each other. 

To sum up, I personally think that sad-looking quotes or words don’t always come from a broken person, but they might have been stated by in-love people who are mistakenly and temporarily confused by their own hypothesis. Yet, it isn’t their fault to have felt that way because this is love, and love comes with all sorts of feelings. To love right, like the people in the book do, I believe that discussion, clarification and reassurance are always needed because they show you care about each other.