Yet I have come to believe that while the past is unchangeable, our perceptions of is are malleable.

Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others. Accidents happen.

sometimes our future is dictated by what we are, as opposed to what we want.

The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea.

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

He smiled, thinking that for just an instant, it was easy to imagine they were still married, both of them on the same team, both of them still in love. Except, of course, that they weren't.

You are staring at me like you were going to eat me up.