“first you laugh, then you tell a pretty lie, then you stick your tongue in each other’s mouths, then you say something really mean and hurtful to each other, then you go off to find somebody else who wants to play the game.”
“the material was slippery under my hand. right. another person i just couldn’t grasp.”
“i watched her walk away, first thinking: good riddance – who needs this abuse? and then after a minute thinking: she never really understood me anyway. which rapidly changed to: i never understood her at all. and before long i was watching her small back disappear and thinking: there goes the only person who ever gave a damn about me.”
“sometimes people say more in letters than they’d ever get around to saying in person.”
“i followed, leaving more and more space between us as we walked. there was no more holding hands.”
“tomorrow was as far ahead as i thought either of us should hope.”
“‘i love you, too…’ she said. ‘as much as i can.’ then she disappeared.”
