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

He gives me a little shrug, like, of course, why else? And at this point, I really have no right to be surprised by people's capacity for kindness and generosity, but still, I am. I'm floored every time.

Mia,” Kim said, an edge of warning in her voice signaling the end of her patience. “You’re starting to act like one of those girls. Do you need to get me a gun?

Once the options increase, settling on one becomes harder.

You?' is all I can manage to choke out. 'Always me,' she replies softly, bashfully. 'Who else?

Whoever said that the past isn't dead had it backward. It's the future that's already dead, already played out.

Losing me will hurt; it will be the kind of pain that won't feel real at first, and when it does, it will take her breath away.