This was what happened after you'd been together with someone a long time. You loved that it was old and worn and comfy, but sometimes it was old and worn and comfy.

I love to see those paragliders weaving softly around Moon Point, their legs floating above you in the air. When they drift in for a landing, their feet touch the ground and they trot forward from the continued motion of the glider, which billows down like a setting sun. I never get tired of watching them and I've seen them thousands of times. I always wondered what that kind of freedom would feel like.

We should not give away a moment to anyone who does not deserve it.

Control was just wishful thinking, and you controlled things to hedge your bets, to be safe, to guard against loss.

When what you want is a relationship, and not a person, get a dog.

You were supposed to have hope, right? You were supposed to respect its power and hold on. And so I did. I held, and held, and let hope fill me. But as the days went on, it seemed I could be holding for a long, long time. Hope could be the most powerful thing or the most useless

You can hold a secret, hold it so far in that it drives nearly every thought and every move you make- your very heartbeat, almost.