“Okay, sister mine, what do you know that I don’t?” She grinned at him. “Well, there’s that entire medical school curriculum, for one thing.”

“and she's a nurse. do you know how hard nursing school is? it's like medical school. so she's obviously smart.”

“I don’t know what world you live in, but in mine, people only do things for you for one of two reasons. The first is if they want something in return. And the second is if they feel like they owe you something.”“Those aren’t the only reasons people do things for you,” I say. “Sometimes they do them because they love you. Well, maybe not you, but …”

“There’s only one thing I don’t love about him. Her.”

“There aren't any syringes." Red Sox came over and held a sterile pack out. When she tried to take it from him, he kept a grip on the thing. "I know you'll use this wisely.""Wisely?" She snapped the syringe out of his hand. "No, I'm going to poke him in the eye with it. Because that's what they trained me to do in medical school.”

“There’s something about being naïve. Really interesting things come because you don’t know what the rules are, what you can and can’t do.”