“Jeremy seemed happy to move up in the world, if "the world" meant high school and "moving up" meant sitting in the center of the cafeteria.”
“Please, we're in high school. Hook up and move on.”
“The broker said the stock was "poised to move." Silly me, I thought he meant up.”
“Schools are not meant to make boys happy, Cécile, but to teach them to do without happiness.”
“Hazel understood. Being grown up meant doing what grown-ups wanted you to do. it meant sacrificing your imagination for rules. It meant sitting quietly in you chair while your best friend is helicoptered off for emergency eye surgery. It meant letting people say whatever they wanted to you.”
“...the invincible power that has moved the world is unrequited, not happy love”