"Tom," said the puppy, wagging its tail, "what do you think the secret is to long-lasting romantic love?" And Tom laughed, because he so didn't know the answer, and said, "I don't know, puppy. I don't think there's a single, universal secret. Love that lasts, for people who seek lasting love, lasts for reasons entirely dependent on the individual people in the relationship. The only thing I know is that if you want someone to love you wholly, you have to show them your whole self. Warts and all. Be the person with them, every moment, that you want them to love. The only chance we have to be wholly loved is to let ourselves be wholly known." And the puppy said, "That sounds scary." And Tom said, "Yeah." And the puppy sighed, and wondered into the open space around them, because the puppy knew that Tom wouldn't answer, "Why is it that when so many of the best things require us to be vulnerable, the world discourages vulnerability?"
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