“Eye contact made people think you were being truthful even if you weren't.”

“You made quite an impression on the old man, by the way.""You mean Uncle Yuri?""He said he'd marry you. If you weren't related. And if he were fifty years younger. Et cetera. Et cetera.""That a lot of very important 'ifs', Jacks.”

“I don't think I would have minded you being the keeper of my secrets.”

“It’s difficult to ever go back to the same places or people. You turn away, even for a moment, and when you turn back around, everything’s changed.”

“i've made room for you, she said. if you want it, there's room. ”

“What were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to?”

“Stop saying that! You sound absurd, and I don't even think you mean it. Besides, I'd never marry you," I told him. "I'm sixteen, and you're a slut, and you can't stop saying preposterous things!""True," he admitted. He kissed me on the lips and then I closed the door.”