“How was your afternoon?"No one died, so it was a big improvement on my morning.”

“This ends now. Were breaking bread. The waiter gets to us before Thommos had time to peruse.Do you have bread?We have croissants.Thommo blinks. Were breaking croissant.One croissant? the waiter ask...”

“Time is pulling us apart. With every second that passes, the space between us widens. Today, I saw him yesterday. In a few days, it will have been last week. Then, last month. And there is nothing ...”

“There is nothing I can do to keep time from wedging more of itself between us.”

“I can hear Isaac's smile. It softens his words, but they have a different meaning now. Between his mouth and my ears, they pass through everything that has happened since.”

“How was your afternoon?"“No one died, so it was a big improvement on my morning.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”