“I'm always suspicious of disinterested interest.”
“But how could she tell him that the reason she always acted so disinterested in everything was because of the worry that she herself wasn't all that interesting?”
“I'm not suspicious, I'm just careful.”
“Anyone who's a great kisser, I'm always interested in.”
“I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.”
“Emma knew that she'd always been on the wrong side of the line that separated her from her parents, from Patrick and Annie and Nate, even from Peter. But how could she tell him that the reason she always acted so disinterested in everything was because of the worry that she herself wasn't all that interesting?”