“So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines.”

“I ate apple pie and ice cream—it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the ice cream richer. There were the most beautiful bevies of girls everywhere I looked in Des Moines that afternoon—they were coming home from high school—but I had no time for thoughts like that…So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines.”

“Not the prettiest girl in the world, maybe, but cute and quick and fun to have around.”

“Happy girls are the prettiest”

“Cecily is the sweetest, dearest, prettiest girl in the whole world. And I don't care twopence about social possibilities.”

“Once again, I was reminded that Tally was the prettiest girl I'd ever met, and when she smiled at me my mind went blank. Once you've seen a pretty girl naked, you feel a certain attachment to her.”