i know he's been looking forward to this--and i know that i've been looking forward to this. but now i have to stop looking forward and start looking at where i am. it's hard.

You'll live forever in our hearts, big man. That particularly galled me, because it implied the immortality of those left behind: You will live forever in my memory, because I will live forever! I AM YOUR GOD NOW, DEAD BOY! I OWN YOU!

There's no way of knowing that your last good day is Your Last Good Day. At the time, it is just another good day.

Boys are much more likely to objectify girls bodies, while boys are seen by girls as whole people.

She had the kind of fingers you want to interlace with your own.

No headboards were broken.

That was part of her, and you used to know it. It's like now you only care about the Alaska you made up.