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

There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me to keep looking back.

funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story

So he didn't have to prove how he felt about me. Like so much else, I should just know.

Morning would come before we knew it. It always did. But we still had the night, and for now, we were together, so I just closed my eyes and drank it all in.

You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak is what you are,' I said.

It's a funny feeling, being suddenly airborne. Just as you realize it, it's over, and you're sinking.