“When he speaks again, I can tell that he's smiling. "So I guess we saved each other.”

“He saved me. He freaking electrocuted himself to save me. I’m gonna be there when he wakes up so I can tell him thanks.”

“Why don't they just take him out?" I asked. I'm not politically minded, as I guess you can tell. Mr. Cataliades was smiling at me. "So direct, so classic," he said. "So American.”

“Seeing Josh is my homecoming. I didn't tell him I was coming back. He doesn't say anything when he sees me, and neither do I, because the fact that I'm here is an answer. We just look at each other and speak in the silence like we always have and no one interrupts the conversation.”

“We just keep on having to save each other", he says. "We ever gonna be even?""I hope not," I say”

“[I] get [yo]ur point about how people can[']t save each other for real.[B]ut I still think we need stories that tell us we can.[J]ust so we won[']t stop trying.”