How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
They started going out in second grade and haven't been apart since. They are the one-percent of one-percent who meet early on and never need to find anybody else. There's no way to explain it. (7.25)
Paul's friends Steven and Kate have been together so long people call them Seven and Eight. True love in childhood does happen… just like it happens that some people get struck by lightning or hit by falling pianos.
Quote #5
It's not that I didn't want to kiss Noah. And I think he wanted to kiss me. But we left the moment to silence instead. The promise of a kiss will carry us forward. (9.7)
You know how sometimes, toward the end of a really great date, you get slightly anxious to get home, be alone, and remember it? We're not the only ones who do that, are we? Well this is kind of the same thing. It's another version of "my until."
Quote #6
Since he made me feel invisible, I spent months wishing he'd disappear. Now it feels like I've gotten half my wish. His spirit is gone. His body remains. (9.19)
How many times have you seen someone put their ex on a pedestal after a breakup? They start idealizing some great person who didn't exist, and you're thinking, surely you don't mean that jerk with the bad table manners? When Paul sees Kyle looking miserable, he realizes that sometimes the person who dumped you doesn't move on to a fabulous new life.