You think compatibility saves you. But it's repair that keeps you. Learn to apologize early and often, and you keep the door open.

The thought behind it

This line works by turning the expected explanation inside out: the thing you were blaming turns out not to be the thing. Couple prices staying honestly — love left untended does not die loudly, it just forgets to grow. Watch what “7” does here. Change it and the sentence becomes comfortable again, which is how you know it matters.