I didn't expect it was going to be easy. But hard work is a lot easier to tolerate when it's something you want to do instead of something you have no choice about.

I've never been convinced that everything in a relationship needs to be talked about. Some things can't be fixed by a conversation

Our gazes met. It seemed an entire conversation took place in that one glance. Each of us saw what we needed to know.

It seemed as if some subtle current of recognition had passed between them... not as if they had met before... but as if they had come close several times until finally an impatient Fate had forced their paths to intersect.

If I never have anything from him except this one moment I am going to take it. Take it now, or drown in regret later.

As we talked, I had the sense of uncovering something precious and long-buried, fully formed. Our conversation was a process of removing layers, some of them easily dusted away. Other layers, requiring chisels or axes, were left alone for now. We revealed as much as we dared about what had happened during the years that separated us. But it wasn't what I had expected, being with Hardy again. There was something in me that remained stubbornly locked away, as if I were afraid to let out the emotion I had harbored for so long.

Safe men are for marrying. Dangerous men are for pleasure.