A good marriage is, at least, one part conspiracy. - Gabrielle Zevin

You don't choose a book the book chooses you

Betty inhales sharply, 'It's just I thought I had lost you forever.'

Oh, Betty, don't you know there's no such thing as forever?

Someday, we'll run into each other again, I know it.
Maybe I'll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens,
that's when I'll deserve you. But now, at this moment, you can't hook
your boat to mine, because I'm liable to sink us both.