No one could say how long that life would last. Whatever has form can disappear in an instant.

This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don't get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can't do anything, don't get desperate or blow a fuse and start yanking on one particular thread before it's ready to come undone. You have to realize it's going to be a long process and that you'll work on things slowly, one at a time.

Something in her small eyes caught the sunlight and glistened, like a glacier on the faraway face of a mountain.

Start making excuses and there's no end to it. I can't live that kind of life.

Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful.

I go by the gut. I might not appear to have any talent but I've got plenty of gut instinct.

I don't want our relationship to end like this. You're one of the very few friends I have, and it hurts not being able to see you. When am I going to be able to talk to you? I want you to tell me that much, at least.