Jill Santopolo

There are people we come across during our lives who, after they drift out of our worlds, drift out for good. Even if we see them again, it’s a quick, meaningless hi and how are you? There are other people, though, with whom things pick up right where the relationship left off, whenever we run into them. The level of comfort—it feels like no time has passed

There are certain questions that change the world. Not the big-picture world, but the small, personal world. Will you marry me, I think, tops that list