Did she ever regret her choices? Were her decisions more clear-cut than mine - or are there always shades of gray whe it comes to matters of the heart?

Then he asks if he can kiss me. It is a question I don’t usually like. Just do it, I always think.

...love is the sum of our choices, the strength of our commitments, the ties that bind us together.

I think some of the biggest time sucks are regret and guilt, and I have to fight against those things all the time. In a way, it's a good thing, because it can motivate you to make amends and forgive, but regrets are really, I think, a supreme waste of time in many ways.

My name is Kirby Rose, and I'm adopted. I don't mean to make it sound like an AA confession, although sometimes that's how people take it, like it's something they should be supportive about. I just mean that they are two basic facts about me.

I don't break up, I trade up

In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.