“Sometimes people who had been together for a long time got to imagining that things used to be better, even when they weren't.”
“There was just a moment when things weren't quite the same, weren't quite as they had always been through the long friendship”
“Sometimes," he said, "you've got to watch people a long time to see who they are.”
“There had been a problem in Bean's house. The problem was staples. Bean loved staples. She loved them so much that she had stapled things that weren't supposed to be stapled. The things looked better stapled, but her mother didn't think so, and now Bean was outside.She was going to be outside for a long time.”
“But sometimes, things aren't exactly how you always imagined. They're even better.”
“Sometimes you cry, Susie, even when someone you love has been gone a long time.”