“For three months,a person sits and looks at you, imagining a kiss.”

“She said I should pick the hall and the date and whatever I want, because it really doesn’t matter to her. That isn’t the point at all. Neither is that Dutch guy — I have nothing to be jealous of there. He’s probably dead already from an overdose or else he’s lying drunk on some sidewalk in Amsterdam, or he went and got a master’s degree in something, which sounds even worse. In any case, it’s not about him at all, it’s that time in Mombasa. For three months, a person sits and looks at you, imagining a kiss.”

“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.”

“A lot can happen to a person's appearance in three months.”

“nfatuation lasts anywhere from six months to three years, and you can't know you've found the right person until you're worked your way through it.”

“Who would have thought from the first time we met that we’d be sitting here? You couldn’t have told me three months ago that I’d be this miserable over saying goodbye to a girl.”