“Zach was sitting in the passenger seat, seemingly calm and happy and content with his place in the world. The git.”
“A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life.”
“He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him.”
“No one is contented in this world, I believe. There is always something left to desire, and the last thing longed for always seems the most necessary to happiness.”
“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.”
“Life is a train ride, and at the many stations along the route, people important to us debark, never to get aboard again, until by the end of the journey, we sit in a passenger car where most of the seats are empty.”