Maybe he was Filipino. Was that in Asia? Probably. Asia's out-of-control huge.

Are you on drugs?" "No." "Maybe you should be.

Have you ever heard sculptors say that they don’t actually sculpt an object; they sculpt away everything that isn’t the object?

Months are different in college, especially freshman year. Too much happens. Every freshman month equals six regular months—they're like dog months.

...and his eyes were so green they could turn carbon dioxide into oxygen.

There's only of him, she thought, and he's right here.

Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive. As soon as he touched her, he wondered how he’d gone this long without doing it. He rubbed his thumb through her palm and up her fingers, and was aware of her every breath.