“It's very strange to be an imaginary friend. You can't be suffocated and you can't get sick and you can't fall and break your head and you can't catch pneumonia. The only thing that can kill you is a person not believing in you.”

“I can't be you. You can't be me. You can imagine another well—but never quite perfectly, you know?”

“Those are the things in the water that keep the moon in orbit. I've never quite understood just how they work. You mostly can't see the moon during the day, so they can't be very efficient.”

“You can't get a personal computer to work without Windows (this is under the assumption you can actually get Windows to work).”

“Bro, it's dark. You can't go to a strange building with a mysterious address in the dark. Haven't you ever seen a horror movie?”

“A friend who won't respond to what a friend can't ask is like a looking glass in which you cannot see yourself.”

“It's more impressive," I said out loud. "From a distance, I mean. You can't see the wear on things, you know? You can't see the rust or the weeds or the paint cracking. You see the place as someone once imagined it.”