But I think we both knew, even then, that what we had was something even more rare, and even more meaningful. I was going to be his friend, and was going to show him possibilities. And he, in turn, would become someone I could trust more than myself.

Because sometimes you just have to dance like a madman in the Self-Help section of your local bookstore.

It was so much easier when I didn't want anything. Not getting what you want can make you cruel.

Sometimes the space between knowing what to do and actually doing it is a very short walk. Other times it is an impossible expanse.

But there was something about you that made me think of sparks and motion.

You never let things go unanswered for too long. Emails. Phone calls. Questions. As if you know the waiting is the hardest part for me.

Let me hold on to this the way it was, before I knew anything else.