“Right now, Vee was the only person I could count on. She could be obnoxious, annoying, and lazy, but she never lied to me.”
“Sometimes, Blister was thinking, the only person in the world she could really count on was herself, and that was not enough.”
“She says he says, but she could be lying to me, and he could be lying to her, so I can’t believe her, even if I could believe her.”
“I could never be what she wanted. She thought I was like Cage and the right girl could tame me. It wasn't about that. I didn't need taming. I needed fucking saving.”
“It seemed there was no end at all to the lies a person could tell, once she got started.”
“She knew she could never love any man the way she loved a blank sheet of paper that only she could fill.”