But against love, the case was solid. Easily argued. And you could, indeed, hold it in your hand.

It is kind of hard to hold a lot in. But for me… it’s sometimes even harder to let it out.

Donneven, Bettaquit and Mmmhmmmm

What you need, what you deserve, is a guy who adores you for what you are. Who doesn't see you as a project, but a prize. you know?

Sometimes it seems safer to hold it all in, where the only person who can judge is yourself.

She was so emotional, on the verge of tears. This was what I'd wanted to prevent with all those quick disappearances, the tangledness of farewells and all the baggage they brought with them. But now, looking at Deb, I realized what else I'd given up: knowing for sure that someone was going to miss me. What happened to goodbye, Michael in Westcott had written on my Ume.com page. I was pretty sure I knew, now. It had been packed away in a box of its own, trying to be forgotten, until I really needed it. Until now.

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