I understand the reasons behind his keeping a distance from a girl he cares about. Because the truth is, sometimes getting close to the fire does actually burn you.

If I had any choice in the matter, I'd stay in my comfy bed and eat warm chocolate chip cookies all day.

Mildred waves Carlos over. 'Let me look at you.' She eyes him up and down. 'I saw you when you walked in. What's with all those tattoos? Makes you look like a hooligan.' 'I suspect I am a hooligan,' he says to her. 'Whatever that means.

There's a point when you have to stop fightin' the whole world.

and the bananas are overdone.

Does she realize she looks like a sunflower, ready to rain sunlight on all who look down upon her?

I wish I could turn back time, but I can't. I made a stupid decision because I thought I was invincible, and I'll pay for it the rest of my life.