Tantalize

It was funny, though, the things you didn't learn about people until after they died.

But adulthood," continued the barely twentysomething, "doesn't give you power over what matters most. It doesn't protect you from pain, loss, fate. That's part of being human.

Men suck. - Not all men. Just the really good ones.

Besides, humans aren't prey. They are our natural enemies. They are to be avoided.

In the end, I'd loved him enough to let go. From afar, I would love him forever.

Turned out there was some big, bad Wolf in my good boy after all.

She seems to think being cryptic is some kind of substitute for having a decent personality.

There’s always music,” he replied, “if you listen carefully enough.