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“She hoped it wasn't something anyone could do. She hoped she was special, though being special inside her own eyeballs was less than ideal. She'd have to explain for anyone to notice.”

“Men made fools of themselves but heartbreakingly. The world was an apocalypse but hopefully.”

“Their love seemed valueless, devoid of any balance or scale, if even the rotten kids were swaddled protectively by it.”

“Loving someone, I realized, could make you a fool, blind to how sluggish and desperate and dull a person might be.”

“I wanted her to keep staring at me from across the room. I didn't know what to call it at the time, but in her panic and her need, Polly looked at me like someone in love.”