How is it that a person could be so relieved and so disappointed, both at the same time.

She remembered me.' This was his worst weakness, his most toxic drug.

She glared at him, feeling the old frustration. Sometimes in his presence she felt the deepest connection to him, and other times she felt completely alone-as though any bond to him was her own bitter imagination.

I love you, I'll never stop.

She wondered again about her inclination to wish for things that made her so deeply unhappy.

You don't have time, Len. That is the most bitter and the most beautiful pieve of advice I can offer. If you don't have what you want now, you don't have what you want. -pg276

Lena realized that a fundamental layer of their happiness depended on the four of them being close to one another. Their lives were independent and full. Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives, but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.