“Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad.”

“She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just takes time. ”

“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 wanted to laugh. Or maybe get mad. Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me.”

“And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.”

“Nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.”

“As much as I feel sad, I think that not knowing is what really bothers me.”