“He was too smart for the kinds of solace I could offer.”

“You are fairly smart," I said after a while."You are fairly good at compliments," he answered.”

“His every syllable flirted. Honestly, he kind of turned me on. I didn't even know that guys could turn me on-not, like, in real life”

“I could stand up and go to her and kiss her. I could. But there is still too much to be ruined.”

“And in my classes, I will talk most of the time, and you will listen most of the time. Because you may be smart, but I've been smart longer.”

“Too pissed off to cry, I said, 'This is only making me hate her. I don't want to hate her. And what's the point, if that's all it's making me do?' Still refusing to answer how and why questions. Still insisting on an aura of mystery. I leaned forward, head between by knees, and the Colonel placed a head on my upper back. 'The point is that there are always alsweres, Pudge.' And then he pushed air out between his pursed lips and I could hear the angry quiver in his voice as he repeated, 'There are always answers. We just have to be smart enough.'~Miles/Pudge and Chip/the Colonel, pg 168”

“You may be smart, but I've been smart longer.”