“Dispel, v. It was the way you said, “I have something to tell you.” I could feel the magic drain from the room.”

“I knowthe odds are all against meand I knowyou might not feel this way toobut I knowI would rather die tryingto knowif I could mean something to you”

“I remembered a time we were going through magazines. There was this one model who looked icy to the touch, in total control. I told you that, andyou said, “That’s what makes it a good photograph. You think you know what’s going on in her head. But the truth? No matter how good aphotograph is, you can never tell what’s going on in the person’s mind. There’s no way to get from here” (you pointed to the room) “to there” (youpointed to her head).”

“anchor, v.: I drift, I drift, I drift, you stay.”

“hubris, n.Every time I call you mine, I feel like I'm forcing it, as if saying it can make it so. As if I'm reminding you, and reminding the universe: mine. As if that one word from me could have that kind of power.”

“I feel the universe is telling me something. And it doesn't even matter if it's true or not. What matters is that I feel it, and believe it.”

“If only you knew, Comedy Boy. If only I could tell you.”