“If I look confused it’s because I’m thinking.”

“It’s what’s inside that matters. I’m confused inside, because I just ate some sweet and sour.”

“It’s because I’m so good-looking, isn’t it?”

“I don’t know what I’m looking for.”“What not?”“Because … because … I think it might be because if I knew I wouldn’t be able to look for them.”

“I want Sam to stop liking Craig.Now I guess maybe you think that’s because I am jealous of him. I’m not. Honest. It’s just that Craig doesn’t really listen to her when she talks. I don’t mean that he’s a bad guy because he’s not. It’s just that he always looks distracted.It’s like he would take a photograph of Sam, and the photograph would be beautiful. And he would think the reason the photograph was beautiful was because of how he took it. If I took it, I would know that the only reason it’s beautiful is because of Sam.I just think it’s bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better than the girl actually is. And I think it’s bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera. It’s very hard for me to see Sam feel better about herself just because an older boy sees her that way.”

“I realize it’s not just Willem I’m looking for; it’s Lulu too.”