I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be.
Gabrielle ZevinChocolate doesn't solve everything, Nana." "It solves a whole heck of a lot, though.
Gabrielle ZevinYou can't avoid orphan stories, child. Every story is an orphan story. We are all orphaned sooner or later.
Gabrielle ZevinLiz, I like you very much," he says. "Oh," she says, "I like you very much, too!" Owen is not sure if she means "O" for Owen, or just plan "Oh." He is not sure what difference it would make in either case. He feels the needs to clarify. "When I said 'I like you very much,' I actually meant 'I love you.'" "O," she says, "I actually meant the same thing." She closes the car door behind her. "Well," he says to himself, driving back to his apartment, "isn't that something?
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