Negotiations, I remember reading once, are not a zero-sum game with winners and losers, but a transaction where each side prioritizes what they really want

I want to give this to him. But there are so many buts. Who has time to plan a seudah? And matching costumes, you’ve got to be kidding me

“Ari—” I started, but I was dumbstruck. How do I react to Ari doing something so huge and so good and so complete for me?

“Why do you have to be so mature?” she said finally. “Why do you have to say the things that just take my whole rant and somehow defeat it?

Yes, that’s what I’d do, ignore it. Went against everything I believed in, but for once I saw the light. Ignorance can sometimes be bliss

“Tell me everything,” Ari said, and I both melted and froze. Am I so not used to someone genuinely caring about me?

“How much do they cost?” Ari asked it innocently, and seriously, it scared me. There was no way I’d let him spend that much money on me

“If I have to call you, then it’s not gonna happen, and then you’ll get insulted when you find out too late”