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NICHOLAS BOOTHMAN
March 2009.
A crisp morning in New York City. Last day of a
twenty-city tour to promote the release of my book,
How to Make Someone Fall in Love with You in 90 Minutes
or Less. Early morning network TV interviews? Done.
Back at the hotel, I changed clothes and practically
bolted for Fifth Avenue, the city's energy a stark
contrast to the anxious churning in my gut, where one
desperate question echoed: after two years poured into
researching and writing How to Make Someone Fall in
Love with You in 90 Minutes or Less, would it actually
resonate, would those countless interviews and
solitary late nights finally mean something real to
someone? I just needed a whisper of hope, a fleeting
sign that this wasn't all for nothing.
The book opens with a quote by Luciano De
Crescenzo, a famous Italian writer and director: "We
are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can
only fly by embracing one another.” The word angel
comes from the Greek word ‘angelos’, meaning
messenger.
I needed quiet. Up ahead I noticed Saint Patrick’s
Cathedral at Fifth and Fifty-First. All Gothic spires and
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