One of my best friends is named David Leventhal, and it has always been a constant source of amusement to see how the similarity and differences play out in our lives.

breathtaking, adj. Those moments when we kiss and surrender for an hour before we say a single word.

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.

I want my own books to have their own shelves," you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to live together.

I am stronger than words and I am bigger than the box I'm in, and then I see her in the crowd and I fall apart.

I know I should just leave. Just go. Because there's a point where a mistake turns into a big mistake, and I should probably come to my senses before I get there.

I felt like I was missing something. Missing you more. Missing whatever was going to happen next.