“Norman was never one for exactness, exactly.”

“It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again.”

“This is exactly what i wanted, as commitments had never really been my thing. And it wasn't like it was hard, either. The only trick was never giving more than you were willing to lose.”

“You can't be together, which is exactly why you want to be.”

“It's still a memory worth having, even if it's not exactly what you imagined.”

“Nate: “And,” he said, “boys at twelve aren’t exactly slick with the ladies.”Ruby: “’Slick with the ladies’?” I said. “Are you twelve?”

“It was amazing how you could get so far from where you'd planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be.”