““How does he make you feel?” “Right now? Off balance. A little embarrassed. Worried. Like I don’t know myself.” “Yeah. Exactly. Carrie, would you like to know this part of yourself?” “Huh?” “The part of yourself that opens herself up to a man based on nothing but a little intuition that there is goodness in him and that he kisses like the world’s ending. Do you want to know that part? Because you don’t have to. You’re right. Your life is a nice one—there are no guarantees, but it’s on the right path to stay a nice one. Brian is not on this path.””