I miss you already I don’t need to leave. I can stay. . . . Mmmm.

Go sit down and look pale.

You think of me as a... living stone - hard and cold. That's true. We are set the way we are, and it is very rare for us to experience a real change. When that happens, as when Bella entered my life, it is a permanent change. There's no going back.

I'll meet you at the altar" "I'll be the one in white!

no one had to tell me anything. I know what I am

When he left, you spent all your energy holding on to him. You could be happy if you let go.

And yet, I found I could survive. I was alert, I felt the pain - the aching loss that radiated out from my chest, sending wracking waves of hurt through my limbs and head - but it was manageable. I could live through it. I didn't feel like the pain had weakened over time, rather that I'd grown strong enough to bear it.