Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had.
Having to face him at a competency hearing is like getting to hell and finding out that the only food available is raw liver-insult added to injury.
Life, it turns out, goes on. There is no cosmic rule that grants you immunity from the details just because you have come face-to-face with a catastrophe. The garbage can still overflow, the bills arr...
Finding a soulmate is an easy adventure, but the difficult part admist the game is finding your kind of person.
It is not until you rhyme with a person that makes you their perfect match, it is when you are satisfied with each others peculiarities, and find jewels in their loopholes.
We were a perfect match. Maybe that's why we burnt out.
She had found someone who matched her, a warrior and a shield. A man she could respect; one she could argue with and enjoy. She hadn't wanted to lose that. Hadn't wanted to be alone again.