I couldn't see what was real until time had washed away everything else.

As a general rule, writing is very inconvenient.

Ani felt a stirring, a hope, a winged thing waking up in her chest and brushing her heart with it's feathers.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thirty-something woman in possession of a satisfying career and fabulous hairdo must be in want of very little

I'm not bossy - I just happen to be more capable than most everyone else.

I need to admit up front that I don't know how to have a fling. I'm not good at playing around and then saying good-bye. I'm throwing myself at your feet because I'm hoping for a shot at forever." Henry Jenkins/Mr. Nobley

He would never abandon her, never leave a gaping hole, and even if he died someday, he was preserved like a lab specimen from all the alcohol he imbibed, so he wouldn't look or act much different.