“And if we judged everyone by who they were and not who they've learned to become, well then I guess none of us would have any friends. Including me.”

“To everyone who's ever second-guessed a decision they've made, our past makes us who we are. Have no regrets.”

“But who would hold up his head, if people judged us by what we were like at twenty?"398”

“You train yourself in the art of being mysterious to everyone. My dear friend! What if there were no one, who cared about guessing your riddle, what pleasure would you then take in it?”

“Sure, we were friends who exchanged soulful glances, friends who slept in a bed filled with sexual tension, friends who found any excuse to touch, but I worried that we'd never take that perilous leap of faith toward becoming a real couple, a permanent team.”

“Frustration and I have become good friends. And like any friend who's a bad influence, frustration sometimes makes me do things that are, in retrospect, stupid. - Sirensong”