“Are you okay?She looked up, her eyes glistening. I just . . . I . . .Hey. He stood up and rounded the picnic table, sitting next to her on the bench. He wrapped hisarm around her, the feeling of he...”

“Hi. He turned and saw Kelsey standing in the door of the kitchen, looking . . . Well, she wasglowing. That pregnant woman glow, maybe? Or just the sun hitting her face at the right time. Eitherway,...”

“He found himself fighting the urge to reach out and take her chin between his thumb andforefinger. To tilt her head so that she had to look at him. So that her lips were so close to his a slightmov...”

“Kelsey breathed in deeply. He asked me to stay.Here?Yes.For how long?Until . . . until I want to leave, I guess. But he doesnt want me to go yet, and . . . Im thinking ofaccepting the offer.Now he ...”

“Tupperware? I dont know. Thats what my mom did.Well, my mom had to bring bigger containers for food when the family ate outdoors. But she usedthis when she and Dad . . .”

“She swallowed, her eyes dropping to his lips. And he knew she felt it too.”

“You don’t have to be involved with my parents. Not if you don’t want to be. Yes, you’re the father,but you aren’t my boyfriend or husband. My family is my problem.”“I do,” he said, before he even r...”

“Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.”

“Dont cry and dont rage. Understand.”

“The only way to heal yourself was to understand. Understand the love or the hate or the cowardice, or the impulsiveness, the lack of will of the one who hurt you--the circumstances that twisted the...”

“One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.”