I wondered if it was really because he cared about me, or if now I was just another challenge.

I've seen what commitment leads to. Going in is the easy part. It's the ending that sucks! -Remy

I was tired of hanging on, taking the torn pieces to make something whole with them.

It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me. Just that you do.

Maybe you could go backwards and forwards at the same time, but it wasn't easy. You had to want to.

Wake up, Caitlin, Mr. Lensing had said. But what he didn't under­stand was that this dreamland was preferable, walking through this life half-sleeping, everything at arm's length or farther away.

Really? Screaming?” He shrugged. “It wasn’t that bad. But there were definitely some freak-outs on both sides. Though, to be honest, the silence was worse.” “Worse than screaming?” I said. “Much,” he said, nodding. “I mean, at least with an argument, you know what’s happening. Or have some idea. Silence is… it could be anything. It’s just –” “So freaking loud,” I finished for him. He pointed at me. “Exactly.