It's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved.

And then there is our personal history. Memories only we share. Things not another living soul would understand.

I miss us, too. I always have, and probably always will

It was the same night I gave myself to him completely, knowing that I would belong to him for as long as he wanted to keep me. And, as it turned out, even longer than that.

My relationship with my sister is so central to my life. She's my closest friend, my biggest supporter, and I know she would say the same about me.

Despite the fact that I have no regrets about how things turned out in my life, I still can't help wanting to understand my intense relationship with Leo, as well as that turbulent time between adolescence and adulthood when everything feels raw and invigorating and scary-and why those feelings are all coming back to me now.

You see yourself as very average, ordinary. And there is nothing ordinary about you, Rachel." (Something Borrowed)