“Did you really think I didn't see that watch?”

“I didn't really see why people should look at me. Plenty of people looked queerer than I did.”

“Did you ever think that maybe what you see isn't really what's true?”

“I didn't feel anything watching him go. I didn't even wish I did.”

“Sometimes I know things before they happen. Sometimes I can see a scene in my head. Like watching a movie, and then it will happen. I think, did I make it happen? Or did I just see it somehow?”

“I'd recognized it only recently. I wasn't sure if it was because she had changed or I had, but it didn't really matter. I recognized it just the same... If you just noticed the shiny veneer on the outside, they'd always look perfect. So you had to peer closer, watch them when they didn't think they were being watched. Eventually, you'd notice the dings.”