“Then what is there for you? What is there for you if he does not love you?" Nothing.”

“Listen.” The voice is extremely loud, and I am forced to hold the telephone away from my ear. “I don’t know who you are, or why you have Jack’s phone, but he is my boyfriend, and—”Boyfriend? What is a boyfriend? Perhaps it is something like a beau. “Is he engaged to you, then?” I hope not.“What? No. Of course not.”“Oh, what a relief. He is my true love, and you do not sound very nice.”“What? Listen, you . . .”And then, strangely enough, she calls me a female dog.”

“That's what true love should be like-the person should be part of your soul and you should know what they're feeling all the time.”

“What are you, in love with her?" Travis says. "You're staring like an idiot."The weird thing is, I think I am.”

“When you’ve found out that the person you love loves you, you can’tdelay. You have to hurry.”

“What they don´t tell you about Europe is how completely lame it is.”

“What? Listen,you..."And then, strangely enough, she calls me a female dog.”