“Do you believe in love, Richard?” “Yes?” he said. “I don’t,” she said. “Because love doesn’t need to be believed in. It just is, without needing us. It doesn’t need us at all. That is what I don’t like about love.” “I figured you’d want me to say yes,” he said. “Then you don’t believe in love?” “No, I guess I still do. I mean, there isn’t love without people to be in love, right?” “But if we make it, shouldn’t it be like jungle gyms or pancakes? I can make a pancake, but when I do, I don’t need to believe in the pancake. And the pancake doesn’t poof turn into an omelet, or something you don’t
...more
