“She transforms once again into someone carefree, and I transform into someone whose only care is her.”

“If I were in a different body, this would be the time I would lean down and kiss her. If I were in a different body, that kiss could transform the night from off to on. If I were in a different body, she would see me inside. She would see what she wanted to see.But now it's awkward.”

“tiny: did someone die?me: yeah, i did.he smiles again at that.tiny: well, then... welcome to the afterlife.”

“It's the secret smile you get from knowing that, somewhere, there is someone who is yours. Not in the sense that you own her or control her. She is yours because you can say anything to her, whenever you need to. And she can do the same, whenever she needs to.”

“I'm just looking for someone," I hedge."Aren't we all?" Infinite Darlene vamps ruefully. I think I'm off the hook, but then she adds,"Is it someone special?""It's nothing," I say, crossing my fingers. I pray that it's not nothing.”

“You like someone who can’t like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot.”

“Every day I am someone else. I am myself-I know I am myself-but I am also someone else.It has always been like this.”