They kissed in the middle of the sidewalk, letting the crowds of people flow around them like water around an island.

You cannot borrow half of who you are from someone else, yet people try to do it all of the time, they just call it a relationship!

We kiss all the time." I clear my throat, then add, "We just...do it in private."
"A smug expression crosses his face. "I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder."
"A reminder of w-w-what?"
"That you were mine.

He soon felt that the fulfillment of his desires gave him only one grain of the mountain of happiness he had expected. This fulfillment showed him the eternal error men make in imagining that their happiness depends on the realization of their desires.

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

Loving someone is way easier than un-loving them…. jh