“I knew you'd figure it out," he said. "And I hoped that by the time you figured it out, you would be sufficiently accustomed to the situation for the realization to be less... dispiriting.”
“I wish you couldn't figure me out, but you'd always want to know what I was about”
“I didn’t realize it at the time. I really didn’t even think about it, until you. I couldn’t figure out why you were so different to me. .I know now that it’s not right… But it was something. It made me feel less…lonely.”
“So maybe you were that guy that I always talked about. And maybe just maybe everyday I secretly hoped you would figure it out.”
“There's not much I wouldn't do for you, Ella, " he said quietly. "Haven't you figured that out yet?”
“Brendan's not the guy you use to figure your shit out, Brendan's the guy you hope you get once you have figured your shit out.”