The people who know you best can be risker, because the words they say and things they think have the potential to be not only scary but true, as well.

I didn't pretend to know Eli at all, but even so, I'd noticed that his manner was slightly hard to read. It was something in the way he talked that made it difficult to tell whether he was kidding or serious or what. This bothered me. Or intrigued me. Or both.

... Everything he feels, he feels strongly. Too strongly, sometimes. I think he freaks people out.

You know, feeling and action are always linked, one can't exist without the other. It's sort of a hippie thing.-Wes

It's a funny feeling, being suddenly airborne. Just as you realize it, it's over, and you're sinking.

Yes, it sucked getting dumped. But wasn't it better to just be brutally honest? To admit that your feeling for someone is never going to be powerful enough to justify taking up any more of their time? I was doing him a favor, really. Freeing him up for a better opportunity. In fact, I was a practically a saint, if you really thought about it. Exactly.