We sit for a few more moments, although there's really nothing left to say. This is new to me, too, an entire conversation that takes place in silence, because the heart has its own language. I will remember what Eric says even though he doesn't say a word. I will tell it to her.

You know someone's right for you when the things they don't have to say are even more important than the things they do.

Superheroes were born in the minds of people desperate to be rescued.

There are so many ways to betray someone. You can whisper behind his back. You can deceive him on purpose. You can deliver him into the hands of his enemy, when he trusts you. You can break a promise. The question is, if you do any of those things, are you also betraying yourself?

Clearly God was in some kind of mood on my birthday.

The Lord turned water into wine. All I'm suggesting is a trip to the grocery store.

The bottom line in both cases is that people don't change; that no matter how charming you are and how fiercely you love, you cannot turn a person into something she's not.