“With a thick note of disbelief in her voice, Jilly said, 'You went through the wall to California?'[Dylan] 'Yeah. Why not? Where'd you think we went-Narnia? Oz? Middle Earth? California's weirder than any of those places, anyway.'"Page 246”
“There's no place on earth with more dumb girls per square foot than a college in California.”
“California is a fine place to live, if you happen to be an orange.”
“But come to California. Come to these canyons if you want to be driven by sacredness into the air. If you dream of the true, clear silences, if you want those silences to sing - come to California.”
“Of how I belong to you?” Her voice went up an octave. “Yeah.” “Well, forget about the verbal arm wrestling! Why don’t you just pee on me and everything I own?!”
“Yeah, that went really well. What, I wasn't gentle enough for you? Were you looking for flowers and candles? You don't like to sweat? Are you really a romantic under the tough guy swagger?"Gabriel straightened. "No, but Oz said that you are."~Dev/Gabe”