I wanted all of her and resented other boys for wanting any part of her.
It's healthy to say uncle when your bone's about to break.
I voluntarily inflicted a certain level of insanity on myself.
But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.
What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn't always agreeable or attractive.
But she was seventeen now and not actually dumb. She knew that you could love somebody more than anything and still not love the person all that much, if you were busy with other things.