"I've gotta get over her," he said, know he wasn't really saying anything new but saying it anyway. It felt good to be out in the fresh air, at least. "It's been three months since I ended it and it still feels-" God, it felt horrendous. It felt like a sword through the stomach, something he could use as a comparison because he'd had it before.
Know that I've loved you more than I've loved anyone in a hundred years, Alan, Melpomene had told him on the night of their break up, when he'd walked out of her apartment to go find Marian instead.