“This did not comfort me.”

“he wasn't who I thought he'd be. Mum stroked my hair and said, "Sometimes they aren't. Sometimes they make you vomit."This did not comfort me.”

“She went out with Jacob for five dates, and then they broke up. She came over that night with a tub of ice cream and a bag of Hershey's KISSES. "Comfort food?" I said."If I needed comfort food I'd have brought two tubs of ice cream. I'm nor upset, Luce. This is what I always eat on a Friday night.”

“Did you forget to evolve?”

“Did you know that we're made up of the same matter as stars? We are nuclear energy exploding.”

“So I did, and after that day she took the world off my chest, lifted it so I could breathe.”

“I told her yeah, but there was no skin on my voice and she heard the bones in my words like I did. And I knew.”