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...Maybe the ones who married for the wrong reasons are the ones who don't make it. And the ones who married out of pure love are the ones who stand the test of time." "People get married because they're in love with the fantasy of marriage. The illusion of the happily-ever-after fairy tale we've all been sold since the beginning of time." I dust some sand of my pants, "Why does anyone do anything? Because they want the fantasy of what that thing represents. Why did you move from Nebraska to New York? Was it the fantasy of a glamorous life in one of the most famous cities in the world? The promise of success? The excitement of a fast-paced life? Somewhere along the line, someone sold you on the fantasy of life in the Big Apple, and you bought it. It's not that much different than marriage, in a way. You just committed to a city instead of a person.

I hate that phrase... 'It is what it is.'" She releases a puff of air through her lips. "It's depressing. It insinuates we can't change a situation, so we have to accept it, but a person can change almost every situation - or their attitude surrounding said situation. So in that sense, nothing has to stay being what it is.

My grandfather once told me that when we die, all that remains is a dash on our tombstone between the day we were born and the day we took our final breath. It's up to us to make that dash count.

the intensity of what we had will fade like a vivid dream that’s turned into some misty, long-forgotten, watercolored memory.

He wouldn’t despise me so much if he wasn’t hurting. And you don’t feel hurt over people you don’t care about. He still cares about me—even if he doesn’t want to.