“Sometimes, when we’re lying together, I look at her and I feel dizzy with the realization that here is another distinct person from me, who has memories, origins, thoughts, feelings that are different from my own. That tension between familiarity and mystery meshes something strong between us. Even if one builds a life together based on trust, attentiveness and mutual support, I think that’s it’s important that a partner continues to surprise.”
- Barack Obama, in 1996, about wife Michelle
Just cuz I’m a sucker for this shit. In real life I’m kind of glad I’m not living in America right now because I’d be scared out of my mind.
