me: why is it upset? shouldn't it be downset? gideon: i will file a lawsuit against the dictionaries first thing tomorrow morning. we're going to tear merriam a new asshole and throw webster inside of it.

I am starting to get tired of relying on words.

Even if neither of us got what we wanted, we found freedom in the third choices.

Deep down? That sounds like settling to me. You shouldn't have to venture deep down in order to get to love.

Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.

I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt.

You never get involved in the people's lives? The ones you're inhabiting?" I shake my head. "You try to leave the lives the way you found them." "Yeah." "But what about Justin? What made that so different?" "You," I say.