“Beaches, music, and car rides—they could all bring on a sudden bout ofdeep, dreamy thoughts.”
“I felt the human disease that is ignorance suddenly leave my body. Just like that. Like a hot, desperate piss after a long car ride.”
“I thought you might need a ride.''The headmaster's office called me a car.'He shrugged, indifferent but amused. 'And here I am in a submarine.”
“Bikes are for riding; they're not car hats.”
“I have a class in Hermosa Beach that starts at eight, but …”I wanted to offer to pick up her car, drive her back to Hermosa Beach, take her to the moon.”
“Luke smells like coconut and sandalwood; all things that bring me straight back to the beach house Mom and Dad rent every year.”