" "I wanted it to be right between us, but I think somewhere deep down I always knew it couldn't work, if that makes any sense?' 'I know just what you mean' she says, knitting her brow in sympathy. 'Like when Julia Roberts married Lyle Lovett.' "
"I can almost see the letters that formed the words suspended in the air between us. Part of me wants to bat them away and watch them fall to the ground by making a joke, or saying something deflective, but I also want to leave them floating there, to savor the complement for just a second more."
"Positive thoughts. Positive thoughts. It's not always easy to think positive thoughts."
