“Do you still love her?”
“Whether I do or don’t no longer matters. We’re living in a whole new world of practicality. We do what makes business sense.”
“But it can’t be so simple, can it?”
“It can; just peel out the emotions and dampen the conscience. The shortest distance between where you are and where you want to be is a road laden with broken shards of glass and melted hearts. Give no attention to what is below you, and you will succeed.”
“And in the end, all is good?”
“All is good.”