He was the strangest of strangers in that he was also her oldest friend.

It's always nervewracking to put yourself out there. But it's the root of joy.

For the first time she saw that the nurse's name was Tabitha.

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.

I want to go where you're going. I'm not scared of dying. I want to stay together and come back together. You said that souls cohere. I want to stay with you.

Exactly! We run or we lose ourselves in something, somebody, anything to try and ease our pain.

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