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1. "Physical attraction did its part to glue them together, but something stronger than sexual attraction sealed the bond. When men and women grow apart, it is for the same reason they are drawn together; because they are finally, inherently too different. Friendships among women, on the other hand, were burdened by similarity." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

2. "Occasionally, she wondered if all couples struggled so much to understand one another, spoke so little at dinner together, spent so much time camped out in front of the TV. Did all women sometimes feel distanced from their man while they were making love?" ~ Galt Niederhoffer

3. "If anything was, that the world will always--it can only--disappoint." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

4. "Technically, on the spectrum of very bad things, they did nothing truly wicked. But of course, that spectrum has no measure for the greatest of all carnal sins, the kind that occurs before skin touches skin, before wondering turns to yearning, yearning to having, having to holding for dear life, when two people cling to each other so desperately that even when they lie, inches apart, neither is fully satisfied until the light between them turns to darkness." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

5. "The crux of the problem was this: He was at once everything and nothing she needed. Seen from afar, they were picturesque, a symphony of superior genes, a study in storybook promise. But when they were alone together, they were curiously ill suited, sometimes mortifyingly lacking in secrets to share and things to talk about. But common wisdom condoned this, did it not? Was this not the basis of a great partnership: opposition, difference of opinion. Pairing up with someone as practical as she would be terribly boring, just as coupling Tom with another dreamer would result in incompetence; that pair would never make it out of the house. Both combinations would amount to deadening and impractical redundancy. But what if it was equally dangerous to pair up two people who were so different? Were they not signing up for a lifetime of silent dinners or, worse, after-dinner spats?" ~ Galt Niederhoffer

6. "If something terrible happens to me, it's not my job to spare you from my pain." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

7. "But as always, the distance between them gave way to a need to be closer." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

8. "The map was just an accessory. She knew exactly where she was." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

9. "Time passed at an accelerated pace. They could be sitting in traffic or talking on the phone or waiting in line for a movie, and their time felt precious, important, worthwhile." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

10. "Not to speak would have infused the moment with more meaning than it deserved." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

11. "Betrayal lived in a separate realm than sex, a realm that was far more innocent, and far more erotic." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

12. "Assigning degrees of blame to betrayal is a difficult project, much like deciding which of two murderers has the more wicked heart. With murder, there are tangible distinctions. First degree is intentional; second degree, irresponsible; third degree, accidental. But with crimes of the heart, the distinctions are more subtle. Who is it to say when a secret turns into a sin? With a daydream, a kiss, a confession? Who is to say which transgression is worse: sexual or emotional, coveting or caressing?" ~ Galt Niederhoffer

13. "He began to view writing as a petty ambition, a frivolous and indulgent whim, creativity itself as the pathology of the very young or very stupid." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

14. "There was no one--nothing else in the world--that had this unbelievable effect on him: thrilling electrification. But just as soon as he acknowledged this gift, he sought to destroy it." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

15. "Their looks and personalities were still intact, but some thing had atrophied ever so slightly. Their faces bore the distinct wear of goals gone too long unfulfilled." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

16. "Rivalry glued the girls together in a way that regular contact could not." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

17. "And she had been in love enough times to rule out the possibility that this was merely some feat of nostalgia." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

18. "She was not brokenhearted because the relationship had ended suddenly; she was brokenhearted because it had never truly ended." ~ Galt Niederhoffer

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