“Maybe some love was guaranteed. Maybe it fit inside you and around you like skin and bones.”

“Maybe some love is guaranteed? Maybe if it fits snugly and perfectly inside you and around you? Like your skin and bones...”

“Do you ever just put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that's what love is like; everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but for some reason you just keep going.”

“Some fates are guaranteed, no matter who tries to intervene.”

“It was as though I had one map inside my head and it led to the man who was waiting for me. Someone who was alone — maybe even more alone — than I was…”

“She wishes she had time to run around the block once or twice; maybe then she wouldn't feel as if she were about to burn up or shatter.”

“Well, maybe that's what love is, as state of mind ready to grace anyone willing to accept it. Anyone who cares.”