Making love, she'd always believed, was more than simply a pleasurable act between two people. It encompassed all that a couple was supposed to share: trust & commitement, hopes & dreams, a promise to make it through whatever the future might bring. The greater the love; the greater the tragedy when it is over

He took a few steps before responding. "You are special," he finally said, and the way e said it made her wonder if he wanted to add something else.

When a person sets a thing in motion, there's a feeling of unease, almost regret, until you learn the truth.

he'd once believed that the answer lay somehow in the music he created, he suspected now that He'd been mistaken. The more he thought about it, the more he'd come to realize that for him, music had always been a movement away from reality rather than a means of living in it more deeply. .. he now knew that burying himself in music had less to do with God than a selfish desire to escape.

It all comes down to who's by your side.

There's a lot of magic between you too, ain't no denying that. And magic makes forgettin' hard.

I came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching.