A space between a word and a period—like this: “hi .”

a world where the boundaries of cyberspace and meatspace are blurry

The real magic is that sometimes, if you’re lucky, the illusion is shared.

perhaps most saliently, many of our physical-world relationships are trapped in prisons of mediation

only the internet, where you got to know people backward, soul-first

Just the desire for something and the human ability to will that something into their field of vision.

I saw in her what I wanted to see. Real life gave me too much information.

There was no one to miss—only the sense that there should be someone, somewhere.

They’re romancing themselves.