It's nice to have options even if you can't take them.

“He thought about this for a second. "True. But if you never really make friends…”

“The tight, throbbing feeling in my throat made me want to start sobbing, to bre…”

“I had to wonder whether it was possible that this wasn’t already decided for me…”

“The girl in the tight black dress was passing by us now, eyeing Wes and walking…”