“My heart is broken," Tiny says, as if the thing has never happened before to him, as if it has never happened before to anyone.”

“You like him because he's a lost boy. Believe me, I've seen it happen before. But do you know what happens to girls who love lost boys? They become lost themselves. Without fail.”

“That didn’t happen, of course. Things never happened the way I imagined them.”

“I want to know why this is such a part of me. I want to know why this thing that happened to other people has happened so much to me. I keep looking for the lesson.”

“This was the first time in my life that so many things would never happen again.”

“Things never happened like I imagined them.”

“Things never happen like I imagined them”