Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off.

It was early evening when they walked outside, the sky the color of pink lemonade.

We have history, you and I. You just don’t know it yet.

I think of the future all the time. All my life I've chased dreams of what could be. For the first time in my life, I've actually caught one. I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.

Watching them, she realized they made so much sense together. Every look, every touch, was a reassurance, almost electric, as if they were shocking each other with every contact.

Sometimes its necessary to embrace the magic, to find out what's real in life, and in one's own heart.

The next morning dawned bright and sweet, like ribbon candy.