“ You do know, I hope, that no man under the age of forty can even approach fascinating. ”
It's delicious to have people adore you, but it's exhausting, too. Particularly when your own feelings don't match theirs.
~ Tasha Alexander
Beastly of him to die before you realized he might be fascinating.
At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented.
That's the trouble with grand passions, of course. You can never entirely cleanse yourself of them. It's best to avoid them altogether.