The dreams weren’t as pleasing when they had no chance of coming true

To write a story, I think you really have to open yourself up to the world.

Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age.

She felt like parts of her soul were missing, had left her body long ago. It had happened not in Greece three months ago, but long before that. It was in Greece that she'd realized those parts had left her and were not coming back.

There were certain qualities you possessed carelessly. And you couldn't retrieve them when they were gone. The very act of caring made them impossible to regain.

Everything I ever said to you was true and is true.

Forget Jack, I'm in love with the cold, dirt floor.