Do you know what I learned from you? I learned what is possible,

Do you know what I learned from you? I learned what is possible, and now I
must hold out for what I thought we had. I want to be very close to someone
I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.
That or nothing. I realized that what I'm looking for is not what you're
looking for. You don't want what I want.
What do you think I want? I asked.
Exactly what you have. Many women you know a little and don't care very
much about. Superficial flirtations, mutual use, no chance of love. That's
my idea of hell. Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, Richard, in
which there is no love. Horrible! Leave me out of it.
-- Richard Bach, Spoken by Leslie Parrish, The Bridge Across Forever