I wondered if it was really because he cared about me, or if now I was just another challenge.

I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extended my hand, whatever the outcome. "Okay," he said. He took a breath. "What would you do, if you could do anything?" I took a step toward him, closing the space between us. "This," I said. And then I kissed him.

During this time we've been apart, it's you I've thought of when I'm at my weakest, and you who have pulled me through.

People don't change. If anything, you get more set in your ways as you get older, not less

Just because something's damaged doesn't mean it shouldn't be treated with respect.' 'Ad,' Wallace said, 'it's a coffee table, not an orphan.

Harder to get in than out, like so little else.

Sometimes, you get things right the first time. Others, the second. But the third time, they say, is the charm.