I've always had this deep-down conviction that I'm not like everybody else, and there's an amazingly exciting new life waiting for me just around the corner.

No human on God's earth is a nobody.

If you're single, then I'm single?" What's that supposed to be? Lyrics to a pop song?

You don't always have to know who you are. Sometimes, it's enough just to know what to do next.

Youth is still where you left it, and that's where it should stay. Anything that was worth taking on life's journey, you'll already have taken with you.

Don’t think about it. Don’t think about what could have been. It’s too unbearable.

Except...I do. Of course I do. Because as his hands gently cup my waist, I don't make a sound. As he swivels me around to face him, I don't make a sound. I don't need to. We're still talking. Every touch he makes, every imprint of his skin is like another word, another thought, a continuation of our conversation. And we're not done yet. Not yet.