That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.

“Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have…”

“For she had embodied the Great Perhaps--she had proven to me that it was worth …”

“the spring air just on the cold side of perfect, the late-afternoon light heave…”

“There's some people in this world who you can just love and love and love no ma…”