He's stuck at 3:14 a.m. with only the moon to talk to.

I could not make a move without making love.

I really did not feel okay about any of this, and there was really nothing I could do about any of it.

Now began the part of her life where she was just very beautiful, except for nothing. Only winners will know what this feels like. Have you ever wanted something very badly and then gotten it? Then you know that winning is many things, but it is never the thing you thought it would be.

I laughed and said, Life is easy. What I meant was, Life is easy with you here, and when you leave, it will be hard again.

In the weeks that followed, we amazed ourselves. Our habits slid apart easily...And our very few intimacies were simply discontinued. Where did they go, those things we did? Were they recycled? Did some new couple in China do them? Were a Swedish man and woman foot to foot at this very moment?

I was going to die and it was taking forever.