Some things cannot be summarized.

Summary: She dreamed of her words like boomerangs coming back to her, because they never had. (CJ/Simon)

Summary: When he looked at her, he saw Coleridge's "Lady of the Woods."

Summary: Smoky martinis had always been his favorite drink, but he hadn't had one since before Leo had brought him into the Bartlet campaign. Now he couldn't imagine why: why he had stopped, why Leo had chosen him, and why he had switched that night, and every night since, to straight Scotch.

Summary: The acceptance of realities is the beginning of all wisdom. (CJ/Simon)

Summary: The ordinary is just that. (CJ/Simon)

Summary: When you learn the price of what you lost, can you bear its cost?

Summary: To recover from a loss, you have to accept the pain. But you can't do it alone.

Summary: CJ learns when glass breaks, it shatters.

Summary: The promise of a dance the color of peonies at full bloom.

And

Summary: They were fighting not to want each other and tonight, they stopped fighting. (NC-17)