But why would it matter? We aren't ... or...uh...weren't ..." Which is it, Jess? "Aren't" or "weren't"? Present or past tense? Now or then? "We haven't been talking to each other." Past imperfect tense. How appropriate.

Love may have the longest arms, but it can still fall short of an embrace.

When you say too much about anything important, it always ends up sounding more trivial than it is. Words trash it.

Most of my friends from Columbia are going on to get advanced degrees. And why not? A Ph.D. is the new M.A., a master's is the new bachelor's, a B.A. is the new high school diploma, and a high school diploma is the new smiley-face sticker on your first-grade spelling test.

I knew, deep down, that love, though a beautiful beginning, isn't enough. It's the practice of honoring and caring for another that's noble, not the emotion of love itself. The emotion is the easy part.

Ever notice how people wait until they're not going to see you anymore to say something nice to you?

A relationship ends because you've outgrown it. It can begin again because you, as two, can fill the new shape.