“It's not objective. It's subjective.” Katya hooks her bra behind her back. “It's just what you think, not the truth.”

“Sometimes it's a good idea to think about what you want from a situation, and try to get it, rather than just blurt out the first thing that comes into your head.”

“On the other hand, it's like we're three years old. You don't want that scruffy old teddy bear until your friend takes it and starts having a good time with it. Then suddenly it's the cutest bear you've ever seen, and you want to get it away from her.”

“People think of hearts when they think of love, but a heart is a bloody organ in the body. It doesn't have any emotions. It's like a metaphor for love that has nothing to do with what love actually is.”

“The white realtor lady asks if I'm adopted—like that's some legitimate, socially appropriate question to ask—and is halfway through a gushy story about her friend's new baby from Korea when I say, “Haven't you ever heard of interracial marriage? It's all the rage in civilized countries,” and she shuts up and purses her lips.”

“You can't have an ending. It's impossible. Because unlike in the movies, life goes on. You're never at the end until you die.”

“Absorbing the fact that sometimes, people do cut you slack and forgive you and want you anyway.Sometimes they do. And when they do, even if it's not a happy ending, it is delicious”