Just dance it off


"I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and then I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism."
"never love a wild thing, mr. bell," holly advised him. "that was doc's mistake. he was always lugging home wild things. a hawk with a hurt wing. one time it was a full-grown bobcat with a broken leg. but you can't give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. until they're strong enough to run into the woods. or fly into a tree. then a taller tree. then the sky. that's how you'll end up, mr. bell. if you let yourself love a wild thing. you'll end up looking at the sky."
"never love a wild thing, mr. bell," holly advised him. "that was doc's mistake. he was always lugging home wild things. a hawk with a hurt wing. one time it was a full-grown bobcat with a broken leg. but you can't give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. until they're strong enough to run into the woods. or fly into a tree. then a taller tree. then the sky. that's how you'll end up, mr. bell. if you let yourself love a wild thing. you'll end up looking at the sky."