“As the staggered lines rushed past him, the space between what we predict and what will happen. And in that space, Colin thought, there was room enough to reinvent himself.”

“And then the line was quite but not dead. I almost felt like he was there in my room with me, but in a way it was better, like I was not in my room and he was not in his, but instead we were together in some invisible and tenuous third space that could only be visited on the phone.”

“We look back to the most important moment in our history, and that becomes the dividing line between what we were and what we are now.”

“Love is graphable!" Colin said defensively. "Right. Because relationships are so predictable, right?”

“What happens in the band room stays in the band room.”

“Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. What a dirty lie.”

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