QUOTE : Earlier, I was sitting on a bench on the banks of the Tiber, and there were all these people there<br />holding hands and kissing. Happy and in love.<br />They made it seem so easy. Like giving their heart to someone else isn't the scariest thing in the<br />world.<br />I still don't understand that.<br />Don't they know the power they're giving to that other person? The absolute future-forming<br />dominion?<br />Don't they understand how much it's going to hurt when it all goes wrong? And let's face it, ninety<br />percent of those couples won't still be together a year from now. Even six months from now.<br />And yet, there they are, hugging and lip-locking, completely oblivious to the pain that's coming for<br />them.<br />Unconcerned and trusting.