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“When someone dies, where does the way they eat egg rolls go?”

“The more we live, the more we lose, the more we believe we are lost. The song says, if you remain elegant you will be found. It might take a while. You may have to chill in misery for longer than you feel is necessary. Hang in there and you will receive grace.”

If it hangs around long enough, humans will assign significance to anything. What finite softies!

“She is nineteen Earth years old with the life of a middle-aged divorcée. Is this all there is?”

“There’s a reason it’s called alien-ated. Because I am an alien, I am alone.”

“If she believed the boardwalk T-shirts, a woman was a ball or chain, someone stupid you’re with, someone to lie to so a man can drink beer. If she believed television fathers, women were a constant pain, wanting red roses or a nice dinner out. If she learned how to be a girl from songs, it was worse. If she learned from other girls, worse still.”

I love finding mistakes in books - a reminder we’re all doing the best we can.