“There was no particular point at which I stopped being promising.”
“I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable. I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler.”
“I wasn’t sure which of us was being more selfish—her, for wanting something that no one could promise, or me, for not promising her something that was too painfully impossible to want.”
“You always pay too much. Particularly for promises. There aint no such thing as a bargain promise.”
“There comes a point at which you stop writing and think all the more”
“I wont let you fall," he said, and because he never did, the world from that vantage point stops being so crazy.”