My mom said I was an escapist at heart.... that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one

I have to warn you that my bedroom isn't the best place to stage an assault on me. It's where I'm at my weakest, with my bed a mere twenty feet away.

Life is easier in black and white. It's the ambiguity of a world defined in grays that has stripped me of my confidence and left me powerless.

I had feared that love would make me vulnerable. Instead I felt empowered.

He leaned forward and opened his door, politely standing aside to let me by before following me in. There are some advantages to dating a guy from another era, I thought. Though I am a big believer in gender equality, chivalry scores high in my book.

Would you risk your life for love?

Um, yeah. I guess lying around reading books all day doesn't do much for physical endurance.