He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.

Some of my very closest friends are my guy friends, going back to the third grade, so I believe in the integrity of the male-female friendship.

I write about relationships and I try to create real-life characters.

It always takes two. For relationships to work, for them to break apart, for them to be fixed.

There is no grief like heartbreak.

Maybe the thing to do after you roll the dice-and lose-is simply pick them up and roll them again.

Whenever you make a big decision in life, at least any decision where you have a viable alternative, there is an inevitable uneasy aftermath. Anxiety is merely a sign that you're taking something seriously.