Even the most pragmatic person fell victim at times to a longing for something other.
...which fairy-tale princess ever chose her maid over her prince?
His words had tossed the book that was her life into the air and the pages had been blown into disarray, could never be put back together to tell the same story.
A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.
Rejection is a cancer, Edie. It eats away at a person.
Had any poet adequately described the wretched ugliness of a loved one turned inside out with grief?