- Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truly change? Or do character and habit form the immovable boundaries of our lives?
- I should be inspired by the realization that I'm not only looking at the stars, but staring into the past as well.
- I wait for something to come to me, words that a poet might use to illuminate life's mysteries.
- I've never considered myself a sentimental man, and if you asked my wife, I'm sure she would agree.
- I've never been a dreamer, and if I aspire to any form of mystery at all, it is one defined by rules of the International Revenue Service and codified by law.
- I make no excuses for myself, nor have I ever.
- I may not be sentimental, but I'm not completely without emotion, and there are moments when I'm struck by a deep sense of wonder.
- I'm at a loss to tell you what it is that I feel my life is missing.
- In all the years we spend together, I never once regretted the fact that I had chosen her and that she had chosen me as well.
- I thought our relationship was settled, but in the end, I realized that I was wrong.
- A sudden desire to change my life, perhaps, or maybe a crime of the heart.
- I just don't seem to have an understanding of what it takes to make another's heart start fluttering.
- What are we, after all, without our memories, without our dreams?
- You were honest and hardworking and kind. You were polite and patient, and more mature than any guy I'd dated before. And when we were together, you listened in a way that made me feel like I was the only woman in the world. You made me feel complete, and spending time with you just seemed right.
- ...but it wasn't just about my feelings. The more I got to know you, the more I was certain that you'd do whatever it took to provide for your family. That was important to me. You have to understand that back then, a lot of people our age wanted to change the world. Even though it's a noble idea, I knew I wanted something more traditional. I wanted a family like my parents had, and I wanted to concentrate on my little corner of the world. I wanted someone who wanted to marry a wife and a mother, and someone who would respect my choice.
- Experience had taught me that even the most precious memories fade with the passage of time.
- My first thoughts after waking are -- and always have been -- of you.
- Sometimes when you're dreaming, I'll move closer to you in the hope that somehow this will allow me to enter your dreams.
- What I'm trying to say is that you are there, in everything I am, in everything I've ever done, and looking back, I know that I should have told you how much you've always meant to me.
- And in each precious moment, my hope is that I'll do or say something that lets you know that I could never have cherished another as much as I've always cherished you.
- If you had to do it all over -- and knowing how everything would turn out with us -- would you marry me again?
- I love you more than you'll ever know.
- Most of all, I learned that it's possible for two people to fall in love all over again, even when there's been a lifetime of disappointment between them.
mar 18 2012 ∞
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