“Probably nothing, but it was one of those thoughts like toothpaste: Once it’s out, you can’t squeeze it back in.”

“All her life she had wanted to squeeze the toothpaste really squeeze it,not just one little squirt...The paste coiled and swirled and mounded in the washbasin. Ramona decorated the mound with toothpaste roses as if it was a toothpaste birthday cake”

“But it’s there. Just because I haven’t told anyone doesn’t mean it isn’t there, all the time, lurking in the back of my mind, like one those NSync songs you can’t get out of your head.”

“That’s the really annoying thing about love. I probably would be happier if I didn’t know it, but once you do know it, once you feel those things for someone, you can’t make yourself really wish it away. It’s like wishing away . . . your soul.- Jenny”

“He imagines they are uniformly smiling, showing the face they squeeze out with the toothpaste every morning.”

“When you brush your teeth, I'll squeeze the toothpaste.”