“You've got the holy trinity of what a girl wants, she said. Cute, smart, funny. I don't think you realize that.”

“She's cute, I thought, but you don't need to like a girl who treats you like you're ten: You've already got a mom.”

“Cute" is one of those words people use when they know you're smart enough to realize "you've got so much personality" means "you're ugly.”

“Wow, you got a car!" she said, surveying the toy box. "it's so cute!"Cute. He was starting to hate that word."I think the word you're looking for is manly," he said.”

“It's not worth hiding your love away", I added artfully."This is why I don't want to talk about this with you," he said with exasperation."You've got this cute view of the world"His smile was warm, but his eyes were tight."You're beautifully naive Emmy...I don't want to change that.”

“If you think that you're so smart and holy, that means you haven't yet realized that a part of what we experience today...is a result of our stupidity and wickedness in the past.”