Smile. Nod. Say something witty before he finds out what an incredible geek you are.

He did seem like a nice boy. Seeming and being are two different things.

Some people never find love at all, count yourself blessed if it ever happens your way

Whatever has happened in someone's past, the future is theirs to shape. The first step is to find a way out.

Easier, sometimes, to gulp down giant spoonfuls of uncertainty than it is to swallow throat-clogging capsules of what really is.

Red and raw like my heart, pried from your's, the two beating, no longer together, but a thousand miles between them when only yesterday they thumped in unison.

You can have your pick of pretty women. Why me? You're like the ocean, Pattyn. Pretty enough on the surface, but dive down into your depths, you'll find beauty most people never see. Lucky me. I fell in, headfirst.