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

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

The relationship is all about what is happening inside of the soul and the mind, and the body doesn’t get in the way.

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

They’re romancing themselves.

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

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

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

Maybe there was someone out there who wanted to hold my hand and could only do it like this, through me.