Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.

In the end, everything came down to money. It came down to what a person actually did, as opposed to who they thought they were.

I wish we didn't live so far apart... You're kind of addicting.

It's okay to be sad. Everyone gets sad now and then. Even me.

It hadn't been so long ago, yet sometimes she felt that she'd been an altogether different person back then.

Beauty might prevail in the very short term, but in the medium and longer terms, cultural norms - primarily those values and norms influenced by family - were more important.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?