She said Robert Joyner had killed himself with a gun. And then I asked why, and then she told me that he was getting a divorce and was sad about it.' 'Lots of people get divorces and don't kill themselves,' I said. 'I know,' she said, excitement in her voice. 'That's what I told her.

I can't be you. You can't be me. You can imagine another well—but never quite perfectly, you know?

No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way around.

What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant.

I know what happens a the end of falling-landing.

Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have a monopoly on the Staring Business.

But I believe in true love, you know? I don't believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does.