Laughter rarely lasts longer than a few seconds, it's true. But how enjoyable those few seconds are.

Because what's the point of something virtual if it doesn't end up being real?

Indelible, adj. That first night, you took your finger and pointed to the top of my head, then traced a line between my eyes, down my nose, over my lips, my chin, my neck, to the center of my chest. It was so surprising. I knew I would never mimic it. That one gesture would be yours forever.

We are so used to releasing words, we don't know what to do with them if they stay. No matter how many times we let them go, they come back. The words that matter always stay.

It’s up to you, not fate. True. But it was also up to Lily. That was the trickiest part.

I think that if you were somehow able to measure the weight of human kindness, it would have weighed more on 9/11 than it ever had. On 9/11, all the hatred and murder could not compare with the weight of love, of bravery, of caring. I have to believe that.

I want to kiss her without counting the seconds. I want to hold her so long that I get to know her skin. I want, I want, I want.