Phyllis *the distractible’s Reviews > The Sweetest Oblivion > Status Update

…, and the heart only took chances the brain would not. Thankfully, I’d always been a realist and usually reacted to the latter’s cues.

Phew, the tension.

A certain reality settled on me: I didn’t have a spellbinding love story to bring to this world. The honest truth was, I only forced myself to enjoy tragic endings because I knew mine wouldn’t be far apart.

Living in naivety wasn’t my style, no matter how much I disliked the truth.

He had a way of looking at me that made me feel like I was indecently dressed.

…he checked all the boxes I needed but didn’t want.

You didn’t mourn something you’d always known you couldn’t have.

Why must everything have a happily ever after? Aren’t the most memorable, poignant moments of history tragic?

“…Your family aware women don’t need a chaperone anymore?”
I smiled. “They’re aware. They just don’t care.”

“The littlest problems seem so great to those who are young,” she lamented. “I used to worry like you, you know. Do you know what it got me? Not a thing. Do not waste your time on things you cannot change.”