That's what dating is for, after all - to learn if you're compatible with someone.

I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless them, and I find myself wondering why--out of all the people in all the world I could ever have loved--I had to fall in love with someone who was taken away from me.

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Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.

In another time and place, she might have felt differently, but thinking along those lines was pointless now.

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

What good is talking if neither of you are really committed? If one of you had an affair or got addicted to drugs or was abusive, simply talking about it wouldn;t take the hurt away; or fix the trust that's been lost. In the end, marriage comes down to actions. I think people talk too much about the things that bother them, instead of actually doing the little things that keep a marriage strong.