“Do you miss her?I blinked. Did I what? This was my best friend since preschool we were talking about, the girl whose snack and math homework Id shared since before I had memorized my own phone ...”

“A future as lonely as the surface of the moon and still just the sight of him feels like a homecoming, like a song I used to know but forgot.”

“Nothing about you, my dear, has ever been lost on me.”

“Wait, I almost shouted, but didnt, and that would be my burden to bear. Instead, I stood on the curb and I watched him disappear, lights fading in the distance like waking up from a dream.”

“It's a myth that boys don't like to gossip.”

“He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret.”

“I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.”

“Regrets came up and asked me if Id like to own them. Declined them for the most part but took a few just so I wouldnt leave this relationship empty handed.”