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She always has that look about her,   that look of otherness,     of eyes that see things much too far,       and thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.             -Joanne Harris

"Let's get something straight," she said, "I haven't lost yet."

Then hand in hand they drove off into the sunset. 

"I would have loved you forever." He smiled. "I know."

"And in an instant, everything she thought she knew changed."

"I wanted to tell him, but the words didn't come."