Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn't the way they actually are... People are different when you can smell them and see them up close.

You live for pretentious metaphors.

Babies are made through an act that you will eventually find intriguing but for right now will just sort of horrify you, and also sometimes people do stuff that involves baby-making parts that does not actually involve making babies, like for instance kiss each other in places that are not on the face.

The food was so good that with each passing course, our conversation devolved further into fragmented celebrations of its deliciousness: 'I want this dragon carrot risotto to become a person so I can take it to Las Vegas and marry it.

Just spend a few more months playing video games. That hand-eye coordination will come in handy when you get to third base.

We're all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.

We are now as I wished we could be then.