Please may this not be a game. Please may this not be a game. Because if it’s a game, I know I’m going to lose.

I think the secret to Rachel is she doesn't know who anybody is. She doesn't know other people are fast or anything about them. She just thinks about herself.

What's the use in being diplomatic? I'd rather just pull my weapon and wing it.

misgivings, n.

Last night, I got up the courage to ask you if you regretted us.
"There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.

The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. That granting of humanity is what separates a full portrait from a stereotype.

I have no idea how he knows when I need him. We can go weeks without speaking, and then, when my blue moods threaten to turn black, he will show up and tell me my moods are
azure
indigo
cerulean
cobalt
periwinkle
and suddenly the blue will not seem so dark, more like the color of a noon-bright sky.
He brings the sun.