It was becoming clear to me that I shouldn't bother to get too attached to anything. Turn your back and you lose it. Just like that.

“Fine...a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really c…”

“I just shook my head, knowing this was him evading the question.You," I said, "…”

“there were no such things as absolutes, not in life or in people. it was day by…”

“He always did the leaving. But not this time. She kept walking, and did not loo…”