Because you showed one face to all the rest of the world, and another to me.

So let me end with the wish that you find the same kind of happyiness, and laughter, and love, that I have found, and that you have the wisdon to make them last.

When people first discover beauty, they tend to linger. Even if they don’t at first recognize it for what it is.

Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.

It would have been funny if I had been an observer and not a participant, an idea that gave me a disconcerting insight into gossip. As I walked beside the silent Tamara, I realized that despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.

The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans.

When in doubt, be ridiculous.