It was selfish what I asked her to do, even if it wound up being the most unselfish thing I've ever done.

Or maybe it's not a miracle. Maybe this is just life. When you open yourself up to it. When you put yourself in the path of it. When you say yes.

Because if time can be fluid, then maybe something that is just one day can go on indefinitely

And our lips. There isn't enough skin, enough spit, enough time, for the lost years that our lips are trying to make up for as they find each other. We kiss. The electric current switches to high. The lights throughout all of Brooklyn must be surging.

he kissed me hard. "Promise me. Promise me you'll spend New Year's with me next year," he whispered into my ear.

C'est courageux d'aller dans l'inconnu': It is courageous to go into territory unknown.

Willem, I suspect deep down you know exactly why you're here, exactly what you want, but you're unwilling to the wanting, let alone the having. Because both of those propositions are terrifying.