When you can't save yourself or your heart, it helps to be able to save face.

“But now, I was beginning to wonder if you didn't always have to choose between …”

“Times like this it did seem real I was leaving, and even more that my family, a…”

“He's very nice. He's something I replied. She considered this zipping her purse…”

“I'd known enough people for every minute of the day, and yet still didn't have …”