“Texas is undeniable...We were already almost out of America and yet definitely in it and in the middle of where it's maddest.”

“We were grown-ups, yet still children, and yet neither, stuck in that space between infancy and adulthood, confusing and murky, where some tried to grow up too fast, others too slow, and the rest of us were wedged in the middle, not sure which way to go.”

“How curious it was, [...], that we humans had taken millions of year to crawl up out of the swamps and yet, within minutes of death, we were already tobogganing back down the slope.”

“A splatter of rain on my skin, but its bright and sunny under the blue sky and Jason's there, and we almost kiss but everything changes and were at that party where we met.”

“That's where we found you. You were standing in the middle of the garden, dancing in the dark...”

“This is America. We’re entitled to our opinions.”“Wrong. This is Texas. And my opinion is the only one that counts.”