“When did I say like this you wait ?To fix your gaze on my portrait.In yearning of me, she is dazed,Thorns in hand firmly she seized,Without a blink, her eyes freezed.”

“The knowledge that he had left me with no intent ever to return had come over me in tiny droplets of realization spread over the years. And each droplet of comprehension brought its own small measure of hurt…He had wished me well in finding my own fate to follow, and I never doubted his sincerity. But it had taken me years to accept that his absence in my life was a deliberate finality, an act he had chosen, a thing completed even as some part of my soul still dangled, waiting for his return.”

“Aura, I’m really patient, but I’m not a bloody saint.”

“What we are waiting for is not as important as what happens to us while we are waiting. Trust the process.”

“It’s when the world comes to an end that you don’t mind waiting your turn or if someone jumps the queue.”

“This is what I know. Don’t settle for 40, 50, or even 80 percent. A relationship-it shouldn’t be too small or too tight or even a little scratchy. It shouldn’t take up space in your closet out of guilty conscience or convenience or a moment of desire. Do you hear me? It shold be perfect for you. It should be lasting. Wait. wait for 100 percent.”