Mayonnaise is a lot like men, it can make everything much better, adding flavor and ease to your life. Or, it can just be sticky and gross and make you nauseous"- "Keeping the Moon

I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.

He was looking at me, jsut as I'd thought he would be, but like Bert's, his light was not what I expected. No pity, no sadness: nothing had changed. I realized all the times I'd felt people stare at me, their faces had been pictures, abstracts. None of them were mirrors, able to reflect back the expression I thought one I wore, the feelings only I felt.

And no relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.

Was it really this easy, once you escaped, to just not care?

Relationships dont always make sense. Especially from the outside

So while it seemed like you were seeing everything, you really weren't. Just bits and pieces that looked like a whole.