Is it because they are so comfortable, they already know what the other is thinking? Or is it because after a certain point, there is simply nothing left to say?

Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.

Ross held her face between his hands and kissed her. He tasted doubt on her tongue and pain on the roof of her mouth. He swallowed these, and drank again. Consumed, she had no choice but to see how empty he was inside, and how, sip by sip, she filled him.

The saddest day in the world will be the one when she stops pretending.

There are always sides. There is always a winner and a loser. For every person who gets, there's someone who must give.

I have no idea what Andrew might have done, and I do not ask. She believes that I can fix this, and like always, that's enough to make me think that I can. "I'll take care of it,: I say, when what I really mean is: I'll take care of you.

The problem isn’t with rock lyrics, it’s with the fabric of this society itself.