“I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someone who might have loved you back but can't due to deadness.”

“More than anything, I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someonewho might have loved you back but can't due to deadness, and then I leaned forward, my forehead against the back of Takumi's headrest, and Icried, whimpering, and I didn't even feel sadness so much as pain.”

“You like someone who can't like you back because unrequited love can be survived in a way that once-requited love cannot. ”

“Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.”

“I couldn't hear a thing in the world but you. And it was so cold then, and so silent, and I loved you so much. Now it's hot and dead quiet again, and I love you still.”

“The problem is that I am secretly in love with Hassan. I can't help myself. I hold your bony shoulder blades in my hands and think of his fleshy back (Lindsey).”

“I was caught in a love triangle with one dead side.”