This, I think, is how people survive: Even when horrible things have been done to us, we can still find gratitude in one another.

“If only you knew, Comedy Boy. If only I could tell you.”

“why won't they leave mealone?don't they realize Ihave atinder heartand apaper b…”

“Yeah," I said. "You might be human, Jack, but Ariel's mathematics. She's all ma…”

“I don't have the heart to tell him that's the wrong way to think about the worl…”