Love me less, but love me for a long time

The mistake is thinking that there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.

aloof, adj. It has always been my habit, ever since junior high school, to ask that question: “What are you thinking?” It is always an act of desperation, and I keep on asking, even though I know it will never work the way I want it to.

We pencil-sketch our previous life so we can contrast it to the technicolor of the moment.

Neophyte, n. There are millions upon millions of people who have been through this before-- why is it that no one can give my good advice?

As long as we can conjure, who needs anything else? As long as we can agree on the magical lie and be happy, what more is there to ask for? “I loved you from that moment on,” I say. “I loved you from that moment on,” you agree.

No, really,' I said. 'I think she's great. And I honestly like her about twenty more times now than I did when we were dating. But love needs to have a future. And Sofia and I don't have a future. We've just had a good time sharing the present, that's all.