He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.

Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.

If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.

I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.

This used to be a mean monster until he got sick one winter with the flu & stayed in bed & watched too much Little House on the Prairie & now the littlest thing & he starts to cry.

You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time.