He felt as though he were failing in practically every area of his life. Lately, happiness seemed as distant and unattainable to him as space travel. He hadn't always felt this way. There had been a long period of time during which he remembered being very happy. But things change. People change. Change was one of the inevitable laws of nature, exacting its toll on people's lives. Mistakes are made, regrets form, and all that was left were repercussions that made something as simple as rising from the bed seem almost laborious.

When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?

That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place." -Jo

And for just a fleeting moment, a tiny wisp of time that hung in the air like fireflies in summer skies, she wondered if she was in love with him again.

A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1.

and in that instant, nothing else mattered. Not the song, not the place, not the other couples around him. Only this, only her.

Science only goes so far, then comes God. - Noah Calhoun-