That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about.

No matter how much time has passed, these things still affect us and the world we live in. If you don't pay attention to the past, you'll never understand the future. It's all linked together.

None of it meant anything, and all of it was important.

Fall in love with someone who truly deserves your heart. Not with someone who plays with it.

We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.

It wasn't like I was some expert on the meaning of being supportive. Was it being loyal even against your better judgement? Or, like Olivia, was it making your displeasure known from the start, even when someone didn't want to hear it?

Maybe marriage, like life, is'nt only about the big moments, whether they be good or bad. Maybe it's all the small things — like being guided slowly forward, surely, day after day — that stretches out to strengthen even the most tenuous bond.