"I've had one great romance in my life. One would be hard-pressed to call her a girlfriend, and even harder pressed to call that relationship a success. I never felt the need beyond that. Part of the reason is that relationships are hard for me. You sensed that I was making an extra effort to make things work with you. In that you were correct. But you presumed that that was because you are different. It is not. It's because I am different. And because you are the rare woman I have come across to whom I believe the extra effort is worthwhile."
