Here One Moment

by Liane Moriarty

they both belong to the same subspecies of slightly odd, deeply intense people. Ethan has always been drawn to people like this. He likes bouncing off the surfaces of their oddness, in the same way he prefers to play tennis against a hard-hitting player. It’s more difficult to cope with the soft lobs of normal, well-adjusted people.

Everyone loves a particular version of you and when that person is gone that version goes with them.

But that’s the thing about life: both your wildest dreams and your worst nightmares can come true.