“I've never figured out how tears work, how there's an endless supply.”
“...in my family I have comrades-hearty and loyal-when what I need are intimates, and I've never figured out how to get us all to make the switch. I've never found a way in.”
“I couldn't figure out how the system worked. And maybe that was the point. If you aren't sure how it works, it's a lot harder to game it.”
“How is a person supposed to prepare for what happens tomorrow when there's just no figuring out today?”
“All of my best friends are dead people. Someday I've got to figure out how that happened.”
“And I’m sorry,” Big Earrings said, “But how is some course going to teach them how marriage works? I’ve been married three times, and I haven’t figured it out yet.” She snorted. “I figured out how to call a lawyer, though.”