“She couldn't have cared less when she got home or if she ever got home. All that mattered was this moment & that this moment continues.”

“She thought about Cheryl’s contention that this was young love, and about how she’d feel if they were ever to break up and she had to look back on this moment as an episode in a life that was full of people she didn’t even know now. The thought made her want to cry.”

“She would forever remember how warm & secure he made her feel. How could she ever live without that?”

“God forbid, if something happened & she lost him for good, she would give up anything to have him back. Anything & everything.”

“She could no longer see herself without him somewhere in her life, & there was no one she could even imagine being her 1st besides him.”

“Now he would always be part of her. She just didn't know it yet.”

“Well, that's what everyone wants, isn't it? Even these people who go out and have their noses shaved down to pencil erasers, and who get implants, and fillers, and who Botox their faces into immobility, they're all in search of the miracle that's going to make them feel like..." She searched for the word. "Like themselves.”