Oh darling, don't be bitter. It's the first instinct of the weak.

I eased back on my elbows, tilting my head back to look up at the sky, which was pinkish, streaked with red. This was the time we knew best, that stretch of day going from dusk to dark. It seemed like we were always waiting for nighttime here. I could feel the trampoline easing up and down, moved by our own breathing, bringing us in small increments up and back from the sky as the colors faded, slowly, and the stars began to show themselves.

When you don't know where you're going, maybe it wasn't such a bad thing to have more than you need.

You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try

Told you. Everything sounds better in the car wash.

It was like those songs I'd heard as a child, each so familiar, and all mine. When i got older and realized the words were sad, the stories tragic, it didn't make me love them any less. By then they were already part of me, woven into my conciousness & memory

Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you.