"Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it. If I wanted to..."

“Even when I detach, I care. You can be separate from a thing and still care about it. If I wanted to detach completely, I would move my body away. I would stop the conversation midsentence. I would leave the bed. Instead, I hover over it for a second. I glance off in another direction. But I always glance back at you.”

- The Lover’s Dictionary, David Levithan