He just wanted to look at her and know her life was marching along under the same arch of time and space as he is.

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

I look back on my 20s. It's supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But you're making your critical decisions and sometimes your most critical mistakes.

He just wanted to look at her and know her life was marching along under the same arch of time and space as he is.

You thought you had the choice to stay still or move forward, but your didn't. As long as your heart kept pumping an your blood kept blowing and your lungs kept filling, you didn't. The pang she felt for Tibby carried something like envy. You couldn't stand still for anything short of death, and God knew she had tried.

There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she was always waiting for him.

She wondered if maybe tragedy was what it took to make your heart capable of admitting a new member.