“We're too old for falling in love with the idea of love. When you're a grown-up, love means being attracted to someone and wanting to be near them, reading and decoding the signs and scents the other gives off, communicating with someone, and sounding out how the other feels. That's what I would've told you, with a laugh. But you won't hear me laughing anymore. Foolish love. Love that makes you go numb, that paralyzes you, that doubles you over like a wounded animal.”