“The dead will always be dead, but we have to go on living.”

“Of course it hurt that we could never love each other in a physical way. We would have been far more happy if we had. But that was like the tides, the change of seasons--something immutable, an immovable destiny we could never alter. No matter how cleverly we might shelter it, our delicate friendship wasn't going to last forever. We were bound to reach a dead end. That was painfully clear.”

“Each day the sun would rise and set, the flag would be raised and lowered. Each Sunday I would have a date with my dead friend’s girl. I had no idea what I was doing or what I was going to do.”

“Only the dead stay 17 forever.”

“Only the Dead stay seventeen forever.”

“The worst thoughts usually strike in the dead of the night.”

“Phone calls in the dead of the night never brought good news.”