“Last Minute:I have to buy all my presents at the last minute, she said, or I get too excited & just give them away.”

“Single Mind:If I love you with all my heart, she said, what will you give me? & then she stopped & said I didn't have to answer that because she was going to do it anyway.”

“Aerobics:Death take me now & spare me the pain, she said. It was difficult for me to get that excited. Get a grip, I said, it's only aerobics.”

“I think my life would be easier, she said,if I could just get my selves to agree on something.”

“I have too much to lose, she said, if I cross that line. Like what? I said. She could not think of anything that day so she said she'd get back to me. Since then I've been thinking what I would lose if I cross my line & I haven't come up with anything either. There's always another line somewhere.”

“I have a renewed commitment to elegance, she said, in case you think I'm just spending money for the fun of it. ”

“You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time.”