We labored under the pretense that nothing had changed when everything had, and I understood him, but i no longer knew him.

We look at each other without saying anything, both of us smiling like idiots. I heart is so full I can’t believe it can possibly still beat without bursting right in front of me. My desire for him is so fierce I’m afraid to stand, because I know my knees will be too weak to hold me up, but there’s more than that. This great and bursting thing inside me is love.

There's nothing that says you can't change." "Not even if it changes everything else?" I shook my head. "Not even then.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears. That is what the narrator ofThe Little Prince says after the little prince argues with him the first time about matters of consequence. And he was right. My land of tears had been a secret for a very long time.

I've done my best to drive you away, Sadie," he said suddenly. "But you've never left me.

You don’t have to be sad to miss someone and wish they were still in your life.

They’re like sharks. Circling. Cute, single guy, good job, nice car. It’s all they know about me.” His tone was light but his expression serious. Maybe that’s because it’s all you show them.” Maybe it’s all they want to see.