“I just dont know where to go from here, Alex.You dont have to, we can trace our map together.”

“I realised I really didnt know what I was doing and I felt her trace drowning in the middle of the cars and the people, in the middle of the streets and far away, in the secrets she so jealously ke...”

“But Im not wearing the appropriate clothes for the occasion. Youre always more than appropriate.”

“I knew I couldnt let her go, not again, especially then that I knew she would not ever come back if she did.”

“Unfinished promises are the one thing well always have to live with.”

“And we love you but I have to ask you to help me, to help us, please.How? I asked, By pretending nothing ever happened? Act as if she and I were strangers? Stand the way your sister acts towards me...”

“Unfinished promises are the one thing well always have to live with.”

“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.”

“Tell them I came, and no one answered,That I kept my word," he said.Never the least stir made the listeners,Though every word he spakeFell echoing through the shadowiness of the still houseFrom the...”

“Some people think they can just decree that everything will be fine. The world doesnt work like that. Im not sure the world gives a crap about anyones promises, well-meaning or otherwise. Sometimes...”

“In a world where vows are worthless.Where making a pledge means nothing. Where promises are made to be broken, it would be nice to see words come back into power.”