The key is to never recognize these imbalances. To not let the dauntingness daunt us.

You know, I'd get a tattoo with your name on it. Only, I want you to have the freedom to change your name if you want to.

You can't know what it is like for us now--you will always be one step behind. Be thankful for that. You can't know what it was like for us then--you will always be one step ahead. Be thankful for that, too.

I never felt the urge to jump off a bridge, but there are times I have wanted to jump out of my life, out of my skin.

A year. A thousand kisses. And now a thousand one, a thousand two. There are so many other place we could have ended up, but I have to believe none of them would have felt this right. "All I want is you" is not entirely true. I want so much more, and with you I think I can get it.

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

I guess it's a choice we make," she said. "What's a choice?" I asked. And she said, "How much of the world we let in.