" Persevere, v.
Those first few weeks, after you told me, I wasn`t sure we were going to make it. After working for so long on being sure of each other, sure of this thing, suddenly we were unsure again. I didn`t know whether or ot to touch you, sleep with you, have sex with you.
Finally, I said, “It`s over.”
You started to cry, and I quickly said, “No – I mean this part is over. We have to get to the next part. "

― David Levithan , The Lover's Dictionary