“Ari is beautiful beyond comparison, and she has my heart and my soul for eternity. I thought I made that abundantly clear last night, but it appears I have further work to do.”

“I kiss her for way too long at the door, and not for the first time, I wish that I could stay with her, to help chase those dark clouds away.”

“Do you fancy catching a movie at the Sturbridge Theater tonight? That new Robert Pattinson movie is showing, I ask her, the phone cradled against my chest.Definitely sign me up for that! Ari replie...”

“Ari looks fiercely resolute. Its the same look she has on her face at the start of every race: Dogged determination. My heart and head enter into full-on combat mode.”

“An eerie silence has descended over the house. Every few minutes, I hear a grunt and the scraping sound of a box dragging along the floor. Other than that, theres nothing. Its like the silence is t...”

“I can feel Ari’s mounting excitement the farther we walk. She’s bouncing up and down like a kangaroo on speed. I feel the bulk of the box pressing against my leg as we walk, and I contemplate all t...”

“The heart was made to be broken.”

“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. Its his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”

“Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”