“Even the most damaged and disenchanted teenager was only waiting for someone to see the real persona beneath the defense and respond with genuine caring. (63)”
“The waiting area was jammed with the sort of egalitarian cross-section only genuine misery can provide: Hispanics and blacks and Russians and various indeterminate, red-eyed teenage girls with children you prayed were siblings; junkie veterans petitioning for painkillers they wouldn't get;”
“It's a TV show. Only the emotional damage is real.”
“How many others were walking around and not even knowing that someone far away cared for them? Imagine all that love floating in the air, waiting to land on someone's life!”
“Well, I'm disenchanted, too. We're all disenchanted.”
“I’ve never trusted anyone all the time. It’s the people I care about the most that always seem to do the most damage.”