Yeah, something was wrong. That was the understatement of the year.

Day, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my heart. He is beauty, inside and out. He is the silver lining in a world of darkness. He is my light.

It feels like it's the end of the world if you don't do well on your SATs.

All it takes is one generation to brainwash a population and convince them that reality doesn't exist

When had Eden grown up? I feel like I blinked and missed it.

Forever and ever, kid, until you're sick and tired of seeing me.

[...] Tess and I are a good match. She understands intimately where I came from. She can cheer me up on my darkest days. It's as if she came perfectly happy home instead of what Kaede just told me. I feel a relaxing warmth at the thought, realizing suddenly how much I'm anticipating meeting up with Tess again. Where she goes, I go, and vice versa. Peas in a pod. Then there's June. Even the thought of her name makes it hard for me to breathe. I'm almost embarrassed by my reaction. Are June and I a good match? No. It's the first word to pop into my mind. And yet, still.