I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books.

I hope you didn't bring the Asian kid along thinking he's a computer genius. Because I'm not," Takumi said.

Before any of it could make sense, it had to be heard.

That tastes like hope feels.

Ergo: girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole, less likely to be rejected than guys, (b) that way, girls will never get kissed unless they want to be kissed.

I was surprised. I'd always associated belief in heaven with, frankly, a kind of intellectual disengagement. But Gus wasn't dumb.

Hurt tends to drown out sorry.