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

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

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.

Start here & go until you die, he said. What's so complicated about that?

I'm not sure if there's one right place I'm supposed to be, he said, but I know a couple of wrong places I'd give a second try in a heartbeat.