“When a girl turns down your advances, the polite thing to do is just move on.”

“There a lot of things I can't do," he says. "With my... health.""Well," I say, "can you kiss girls?”

“Not that anyone minds--no one's paying attention to the music. Most of them never really listen to music. Practically no one actually does. Even at concerts people pay good money for, instead of a three-dollar cover charge, they talk through the whole thing. I feel sorry for them, since none of them understand what it's like to have a song just get into your soul and become your whole world. They don't know what it's like when a song changes your life.”

“Did you just hit on her by calling her your cousin?" asks Sadie. "'Cause, damn!”

“Wow,” says Peter, “when your guidance counselor tells you to die, you really have problems.”

“I mean, who wants to date a guy who thinks a girl who can't operate a fruit cup is attractive?”

“I had figured out that it was a bad idea, but, well, it´s hard to argue with love, even when it´s making you do something really stupid.”