“It dawned on me then that I didn’t understand anything half as wellas I thought I did.”

“Nothing happened today. And if anything did, I’d rather not talk about it, because I didn’t understand it.”

“I didn’t get your letter. I did receive it, but I didn’t understand it.”

“I thought I did, but I guess I didn’t. But I did think I did, and it’s the thought that counts, right?”

“You guys didn’t try to do anything to me,” I say honestly. “You brought me to a house because you wanted to freak me out. You didn’t know that your friend would wind up getting torn in half and disemboweled.”

“Remember I told you I’ve taken a vow of chastity. You understand what that means, right?Yeah,” he said. “You’re very generous. I think that’s cool.”I didn’t quite get his answer, but I didn’t want to prolong the conversation. [...]That’s when it dawned on me what Greg had meant. [...] Um, that’s charity, Greg, not chastity.He is so not the right guy for me.(137-138)”