"We shouldn't feel the need to supply a reason for not being in love, but we always do. It is a demand others impose upon us, it is a demand we make on ourselves, and it is a demand we inflict upon our own distant beloveds when they feel forced to turn us down. The fact remains, however, that such things are not subject to explanation, for love, like belief, is neither rational nor voluntary. All we can do is accept, or fail to accept, the excuses that we are given." -gregory dart