She doesn't know any better, what a girl like her needs is a man with both his legs on the land. A man who will hold her down so that she doesn't fly away. She doesn't know yet that someone like you looks better on the shelf than in your hand.

“In the night, I've shrunk and everyone else on the island has grown. They're al…”

“You know what I mean. I'm telling you I was stupid over it. I thought it was ab…”

“I remembered the pain as clearly as if I were shifting — the pain of loss. I fe…”

“No, you have to talk first. You wanted to talk. It means you say something and …”