Being a person, I had come to realize, is a communal activity. Dogs know how to be dogs. But people do not know how to be people unless and until they learn from other people.

Dude, you're such a geek. And that's coming from an overweight Star Trek fan who scored a 5 on the AP Calculus test. So you know your condition is grave

All sorts of yayness floods my brain. Love is such a drug.

Nothing was happening, really, but the moment was thick with mattering

There's a place in the brain for knowing what cannot be remembered.

"I think forever is an incorrect concept," I answered. He smirked. "You're an incorrect concept." "I know. That's why I'm being taken out of the rotation".

Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. What a dirty lie.