People sometimes talk about the power of first impressions, and believe me, there is truth to it.

He tricked himself into thinking that she would look into his eyes and remember, that love would conquer all.

She had never had a boy talk to her like that. There was no cover of bullshit, no flirtation, no added charm, but his look was searing. He was different from anyone she had known.

Sometimes it is a relief to be invisible

There are moments in your life when the big pieces slide and shift. Sometimes the big changes dong happen gradually but all at once. That's how it was for us. That was the day we discovered that friends can do things for you that your parents can't.

He no longer represented someday a possibility. He represented a road not taken a road that suddenly shot so far into the distance she couldn’t see it anymore.

What if people knew they were recycled? Would that change anything?