That didn’t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them.

But once that string gets cut, kid, you can't uncut it. Do you get what I'm saying?

Don't make fun of her," the Duke said. "She needs gentle encouragement. Carla, baby, we love you. You are such a good car. And we believe in you one hundred percent." ... "Don't listen to him, Carla. You're gonna do this." ... "I love you, Carla. You know that, don't you? I wake up every morning and the first thing I think is that I love Tobin's mom's car. I know that's weird, baby, but I do. I love you. And I know you can do this." ... "Carla," the Duke said, "it's time to tell you the truth. I'm in love with you. I want to be with you, Carla. I've never felt this way about a c-

The world is not a wish-granting factory.

We're professional worriers. You're constantly imagining things that could go wrong and then writing about them.

Physical intimacy isn’t and can never be an effective substitute for emotional intimacy.

We are as indestructible as we believe ourselves to be.