Remember Summer

"Her lips curved in an ironic smile. Somehow it was fitting that the most important contest of her life should find her on the outside, looking in. She had spent her years like that, watching the world at a distance. Most of the time she preferred it that way. Sometimes, though, when she heard lovers laugh softly, saw them touch each other as though they were more precious than gold…a man bending down to his woman, smiling…" - E. Lowell