“It's hard being left behind...It's hard to be the one who stays...Why is love intensified by absence?”

“It's hard being left behind. (...) It's hard to be the one who stays.”

“It's hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wondering if he's okay. It's hard to be the one who stays behind.”

“Why is love intensified by absence?”

“Everything seems simple until you think about it. Why is love intensified by absence?”

“Why is love intensified by absence? Long ago, men went to sea and women wait for them, standing on the edge of the water, standing in the horizon for the tiny ship.”

“I wanted someone to love who would stay: stay and be there, always.”