“Your imagination has an impressive reach.”“Or my boredom an impressive scope.”

“Your impression of me is different than my impression of me. But that’s OK, because your impression is impressionistic, like a Monet painting, while mine is realistic, like a Rembrandt.”

“I have the impression that if he didn't complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom.”

“And I served as an officer in the army.”“Very impressive. I’ve been told that war is boredom interspersed with violence and terror.”

“I was still trying to impress you, and I still wanted to be impressed by you, so I could pass along pieces of your impressiveness in stories to my friends, convincing myself this was possible.”

“Inside our cozy, private room, I reached up and tugged on his silk necktie, undoing the knot. “You dress to impress,” I said approvingly.“No, Angel.” He leaned in, his teeth softly grazing my ear. “I undress to impress.”