It's so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can just lose yourself.

You want to take me to a movie?" I asked. "Well, not really," he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I thought saying that might scare you off.

Impulsiveness can be charming but deliberation can have an appeal, as well.

In those first few hours officially single again the world seems like it expands, suddenly bigger and more vast now that you have to get through it alone.

All we had was her room, her stories, and the quiet that settled in as we tried in vain to spread ourselves out and fill the space she'd left behind.

I had stepped into his arms, showing him my raw, broken heart.

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