Some might dispute the facts, but memories aren’t always about facts.
She had fallen in love with a stranger in the course of a weekend, and she would never fall in love again.
Sometimes, when you remember the things you used to do, it makes you wince.
You know my last name, but I didn’t catch yours.” “Danko,” she said. Then, anticipating his next question: “My dad is from Slovakia.” “That’s near Kansas, right?
Because that’s what normal people do. That’s the way society works. You can’t just tell people whatever pops into your mind. It makes them uncomfortable or hurts their feelings. And just so you know, employers hate it.
My point is that first loves always make sense because you don’t know any better. Everything is a first and any warning bells are drowned out by the sheer novelty of it all.
She was mysterious, and he liked mysteries. Mysteries always lead to surprises...
I held her against me, wishing with all my heart for time to stop, now and forever.
I spent much of that year trying to imagine a future distorted by war.
Our guns couldn’t even reach them when they opened fire. So what do we do? Knowing we didn’t stand a chance? We engaged. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, they call it now. Went straight for them. We were the first ship to start firing, the first to launch smoke and torpedoes, and we took on both a cruiser and a battleship. Did a lot of damage, too. But because we were out front, we were the first to go dead in the water. A pair of enemy cruisers closed in and began firing, and then we went down.
And yet, in truth it is in the quiet details of our life together where I have found the most meaning.
He was a solitary figure in a vast landscape while she was a face in a nameless crowd.
Habit and tradition often render change undesirable.
I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you. I am here to learn from you and to receive your love in return. I am here because there is no place to be.
I want balance. Work is important because I have to support myself, but so are friends, health, rest. Having the time to do things that I enjoy, and sometimes doing nothing at all.
The rain blew in soft sheets, making the oncoming headlights shimmer.
April never ceased to surprise... there were always a few glorious days, perfect days, when it seemed as thought anything were possible.
Is she here now?” Tuck.
Love makes everything complicated, and emotions always go wild in the beginning. But when it’s real, you should hold on tight, because we’re both old enough to know that true love doesn’t come along all that often.
She’d always believed that people come in two varieties: those who look out the windshield and those who stare in the rearview mirror. She’d always been the windshield type: Gotta focus on the future, not the past, because that’s the only part that’s still up for grabs.