Maybe some people just had trouble with forever.

A drop of poison on that gathering snow. That moment in the fairy tale when we know what just happened but the princess doesn’t.

When you're not sure whether you're in love with someone or not, the answer is not.

Maybe we all just wanted someone to believe in. That's all each of us wanted, and it should be so simple, but it never was simple.

Beaches, music, and car rides—they could all bring on a sudden bout of deep, dreamy thoughts.

My father said that love at first sight should send you running, if you know what's good for you. It's your dark pieces having instant recognition with their dark pieces, he says. You're an idiot if you think it means you've met your soul mate. So I was an idiot.

It was possible, maybe, to have facts in your mind that weren't facts at all. You could build a whole life's story on false assumptions. You could make truths out of untruths and untruths out of truths. Until you spoke them, really said them out loud or checked for sure, you may not have known which were which.