How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"I have a boyfriend named Drake Loggerhead," says Mirren. "He's going to Pomona like I am. We have had sexual intercourse quite a number of times, but always with protection. He brings me yellow roses every week and has nice muscles." (25.40)
Mirren's imaginary boyfriend is straight out of a Harlequin romance. In case you've never read one, they're the books with the windswept guys on the covers who look like their names would be Drake Loggerhead.
Quote #8
I don't know what is between us. I really don't. He is such an ass. (26.28)
Raise your hand if you've ever felt this way. We see you there, raising your hand. (We're raising ours, too.)
Quote #9
I am simply happy, here with Gat's body beneath my hands. The sound of the waves and his breath in my ear. Glad that he wants to be near me. (32.19)
This is the kind of scene that makes a person, a place, and a sound run together and become inextricable. This is why you'll always feel a twinge in your heart when you hear that song that was playing the first time you fell in love, or why the end of summer will always be bittersweet. (Yes, even when you're old.)