“Strange how knowing our story had no happy ending had freed us to live in the moment. We werent guy and girl. We werent damaged and terminal. We were just now.”

“Thanks for driving me home, Mason. And for dinner. Andeverything.Youre welcome. His hand cupped my shoulder, his face in the shadows. Was this a date?No.His smile was a slash of white in the darkne...”

“I need to do something about college, but Im not sure what.Where have you decided to apply?Nowhere yet. Any time I think about the schools Ive visited, I feel overwhelmed. The campuses are so big t...”

“May I kiss you?Finally. Yes.He smiled as he threaded his fingers through my hair. Carefully, he leaned forward and kissed my forehead.His mouth was warm and gentle against my skin, but it wasnt eno...”

“Have you ever experienced human love?Yes. Once.Regret shadowed his face. Then why would you be willing to repeat it?What we learn is worth more than what we lose.”

“I need to do something about college, but I’m not sure what.”“Where have you decided to apply?”“Nowhere yet. Any time I think about the schools I’ve visited, I feel overwhelmed. The campuses are so...”

“I think you still love me, but we cant escape the fact that Im not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So Im not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. Im not angry, eithe...”

“I will not try to convince you to love me, to respect me, to commit to me. I deserve better than that; I AM BETTER THAN THAT...Goodbye.”

“Sometimes you want to say, I love you, butYet the but takes away the I love you. In love their are no buts or ifs or when. Its just there, and always. No beginning, no end. Its the condition-less s...”

“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...”