“Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”

“The wind seems to be blowing through the gaps in the conversation like the rushing of empty space.”

“[...] you're willing to look past things and to give people second chances. But the thing is, Rose, some people don't deserve them.”

“People in love feel that way all the time, like they don't know what they've done to deserve each other.”

“The word itself creates an empty sensation. Try saying it now. "Why?" Notice how your tongue touches nothing when you form the word with your mouth. Feel the gap, the space inside your mouth, that it creates. The air. It is a place that needs filling. It is missing an answer.”

“I have people in my life, of course. Some write; some don't. Some read; some don't. Some stare vacantly into space when I talk the geeky talk and walk the geeky walk, but they make killer chocolate chip pancakes and so all is forgiven.”