need is never a good basis for any relationship. it has to be much more than that.

Please may this not be a game. Please may this not be a game. Because if it’s a game, I know I’m going to lose.

The unwarranted devotion. Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone. The hope tinged with doubt, and the doubt tinged with hope. Every time I see these feelings in someone else's face, it weighs me down.

Knowledge is the only thing I take with me when I go.

Maybe there's a way to keep us in this moment. Not the sad part. But the coming together part.

That whole week, we started to divide things into those two categories: anything or something. A piece of jewelry bougth at a department store: anything. A piece of jewelry made by hand: something. A dollar: anything. A sand dollar: something. A gift certificate: anything. An IOU for two hours of starwatching: something. A drunk kiss at a party: anything. A sober kiss alone in a park: something.

apparel, n.: There are times I don’t mind doing the laundry, because folding your clothes reminds me of the shape of you.