I think at this point, safety isn't a feeling, it's a process. Starting with trust.

I'm not here now. This isn't happening. You're just visiting a dream of mine.

Why is life so difficult for some people and not for others? Why do some people have to struggle so much?

A lifetime with such a woman was not nearly enough.

Can't you just tell me now?" "No, I need someone to eat with." A slight smile rose to my lips. "Am I supposed to believe that I'm your only option?" "No. But you're my favorite option.

No one needs to have their way all the time, first of all, but second of all, if you find the right partner, as a couple, you're going to create something together that is going to be better than what you could do or have individually.

When the pace of our feet matched perfectly, I felt a deep inner pang of satisfaction. I could have gone on walking like that forever, side by side with him. There had been few times in my life I had ever inhabited a moment so fully, with no loneliness lurking at the edges.