Or I’d black out. Worse was when I’d suddenly black back in — Hello, you went away there for a second. As I rejoined the conversation, my expression was that of a child trying really hard to re-enter a double Dutch game without messing up the skipping ropes. When we fell for each other, we fell hard. Why wait for someone to really get to know you, because what if they really got to know you?

Source: New York Times December 20, 2018 16:25 UTC