Love meant jumping off a cliff and trusting that a certain person would be there to catch you at the bottom.

You trust someone who makes spaces for you in his or her life…so much so that if you leave, they will del the absence. You give someone your vulnerable, unshelled heart wrapped in a question: What will you do with it?

You shouldn't believe what you hear about me, least of all that which I tell you myself.

It was one thing to sacrifice your own life for someone else's. It was another thing entirely to bring into the mix a third party - a third party who knew you, who trusted you implicitly.