...bleak Territory Of The Heart.

The Place Was A Familiar As Breath But As Far From His Life Now As The Moon.

He'd Kept This Silence Because His Own Secrets Were Darker, More Hidden, And Because He Believed That His Secrets Had Created Hers.

He Could Hardly Imagine Anymore What His Life Would Be Without The Weight Of His Hidden Knowledge. He'd Come To Think Of It As A Kind Of Penance. It Was Self-destructive, He Could See That, But That Was The Way Things Were. People Smoked, They Jumped Out Of Airplanes, They Drank Too Much And Got Into Their Cars And Drove Without Seat Belts.

Once, This Whole World Had Been Hidden Beneath A Shallow Sea.

You Missed A Lot Of Heartache, Sure. But David, You Missed A Lot Of Joy.