Now he could say for sure that he'd never known a feeling stronger than that of being at one with another person - that rare feeling of not being alone anymore.

so if you love him, why keep him waiting for 13 years?" "Because I was afraid. Afraid of not being worthy, afraid of not knowing how to love him, afraid of waking up one day and not loving him anymore.

They were now both ready, not to begin from scratch, but to continue with a love that had survived for thirteen years in hibernation. They were no longer travellers without baggage. They were no longer twenty. They'd both been around the block a bit and had suffered without the other. They'd both lost their way without the other. Each had tried to find love with other people. But all that was now finished.

When you decide to hit rock bottom, humiliation is part of the deal.

Your soulmate can also be your downfall.

Some say that you know real love when you realise the only person in the world who can console you is the one who has hurt you.

The best evidence that time travel is impossible is the fact that we haven't been invaded by hordes of tourists from the future.