One Day, Today

"Call me or I'll call you, but one of us will call, yes? What I mean is it's not a competition. You don't lose if you phone first" (Nicholls, 434).

I had thought that it was a competition--one that required careful tactics, practiced flair, blasé attitude--and if it were, then I had lost so many times to him. But who would care? He doesn't know he's winning.

I finished the book. It was supposed to be Lizzy's belated birthday gift but I had never read the book myself, so I took the chance and read the first two chapters of it. Phenomenal. What impressed me most was that Nicholls knew not only of the human mind, but of the female mind in particular. I understood so much of Emma. She was me, I was her. So--sorry Lizzy if you're reading this, but I kept on reading to the end, and now I know you will love your birthday gift.

I love the ending. I love how Nicholls goes back to that first day Emma and Dexter meet. And I love what Dexter tells her. Call me or I'll call you. You don't lose if you phone first. I wish I knew sooner. Take down the book, pick up the phone.