I feel like you may be a special and kind person. And I would like to make it my business to know special and kind people. Especially if they are boys my age.

Be careful what you’re doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head

She doesn't want the boy causing the distinction between "love" and "in love

There is no such thing as a soulmate...and who would want there to be? I don't want half of a shared soul. I want my own damn soul.

I've always been sort of a closet sci-fi geek.

Lou's such an old punk he was around when the Ramones were junkie hustlers first and musicians second, when punk meant something other than a mass-marketing concept designed to help the bridge-and-tunnel crowd feel cool.

So he's worth a second shot? The more apt question, my dear, is: are you?