You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.

But say you do find the right people - how do you love them without smothering them?...How do you not suffocate them with all the love you've built up in their absence?

Anyone who is desperate or alone will agree there is comfort in routine.

They haven't made love for years but sleep holding hands

If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy.

I tried to convey to the boy how people's lives are often altered by curved lines read slowly from paper, sand, or stone.

Love is also a violence, and cannot be undone.