I've never had a moment's doubt. I love you. I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life.
What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike?
Oblivion seemed the only reasonable option.
The cost of oblivious daydreaming was always this moment of return, the realignment with what had been before and now seemed a little worse.
Narrative tension is primarily about withholding information.
Someone once asked me "If your life could be extended to 150 and you could start another career, would you?" And I said "No, thanks, I think I'll stick at this."