I've never seen you hide from anyone before. He must do something crazy to you.

Her grandmother used to tell her that a pink sky meant someone in the distance had just fallen in love . . . .

She'd fallen into the best part of her past.

You are who you are, whether you like it or not, so why not like it?

That's the fairy tale. You meet, you fall in love, you kiss, and neither of you is revolted by it. You get married and have kids and live happily ever after.

Always make your needs and expectations known,she used to say. That way no one gets hurt.

If we measured life in the things that almost happened, we wouldn't get anywhere.