“How terrible would it be to just wait there pathetically alone for him never to show up?"Eudoxia's expression grew more serious. "That's what you're doing anyway, my dear.”
“alone doesn't mean lonely. It just means alone. It just means that for now, you're on your own, and that's not a terrible thing.”
“I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned how to dance- waiting for the bathroom.”
“Some part of me knew he would show up, that if I stood in one place long enough he would find me, like you're taught to do when you're lost. But they never taught us what to do if both of you are lost, and you both end up in the same place, waiting.”
“He's alone, You're alone, that's more than enough to have in common. What else do you want?”
“That's what they should teach us here. How girls' brains work… It would be more useful than divination, anyway…”