“It makes me . . . anxious . . . to be away from you.”

“You really should stay away from me.”

“Will you be?” I asked, suddenly anxious. “Will you really be here?”“As long as you want me,” he assured me.“I'll always want you,” I warned him. “Forever.”

“Don't worry, Mel. Miracles don't work that way. I'll never lose you. I'll never let you get away from me.”

“It was very relaxing to be away from civilization, and this bothered me. I should not have found the loneliness so welcoming.”

“Because there was nothing more terrifying to me, more excruciating, than the thought of turning away from him. it was an impossibility.”

“I don't have the strength to stay away from you anymore”