I'm an old man, and she's gone now. So don't worry, okay?

Mom's always telling me to smile and hoping I'll turn into a smiley person, which, to be honest, is kind of annoying.

For me one of the most important things is not feeling like you have to protect yourself if you're with a real friend.

I like to talk about weirdness. We all have strange thoughts and ideas, and when you really trust someone you can express them. And they can express them to you, and that's one of the joys of life.

Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean.

I still think about the letter you asked me to write. It nags at me, even though you're gone and there's no one to give it to anymore. Sometimes I work on it in my head, trying to map out the story you asked me to tell, about everything that happened this past fall and winter. It's all still there, like a movie I can watch when I want to. Which is never.

Beautiful and fresh, Girl Saves Boy is full of the absolute truth-life is complicated. I could not put it down.