gravity, n. I imagine you saved my life. And then I wonder if I'm just imagining it.

Ted is smart and good-looking, but he doesn't use it to good effect, like a rich person that never gives to charity.

Every time you love someone, you put not just your faith in them, but your faith in everything to the test.

I don't get this at all. It's like protesting the fact that some people are red-haired.

I don’t want to throw everything away for something uncertain.

Are you a vegetarian?' I ask, based on the evidence in front of me. She nods. 'Why?' 'Because I have this theory that when we die, every animal that we've eaten has a chance at eating us back. So if you're a carnivore and you add up all the animals you've eaten--well, that's a long time in purgatory, being chewed.' 'Really?' She laughs. 'No. I'm just sick of the question. I mean, I'm a vegetarian because I think it's wrong to eat other sentient creatures. And it sucks for the environment.

dissonance, n. Nights when I need to sleep and you can't. Days when I want to talk to you and you won't. Hours when every noise you make interferes with my silence. Weeks when there is a buzzing in the air, and we both pretend we don't here it.