Honesty in principle was one thing. In someone’s face, it was another.

Life is long. Just because you don't get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn't mean it won't come. Fate doesn't punch a time clock or consult a schedule.

Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said. Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though.

But I think, personally, that it would be worse to have been alone all that time. Sure, maybe I would have protected my heart from some things, but would that really have been better? To hold myself apart because I was too scared that something might no be forever?

The thing is I'm a great believer in the perfect moment. They don't come around that often.

But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren't what people wanted to hear.

And I felt a sudden whirl in my head, knowing this leap was inevitable, that I wasn't just standing on the cliff, toes poking over, but already in mid-air.