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“Park stood up when she got to their row, and as soon as she sat down, he took her hand and kissed it. It happened so fast, she didn't have time to die of ecstasy or embarrassment.”
“... Whenever Eleanor felt nervous or scared, she told herself to be happy instead. (It didnt really make her feel better, but it kept her from feeling worse )”
“Maybe I'm some sort of perverted cartoon-sexual.”
“Because all her feelings for him hot and beautiful in her heart turned to gobbledygook in her mouth.”
“Eleanor let his words hit her full on.”
“This is new to us, you know? Your mother's sorry. She's sorry that she hurt your feelings, and she wants you to invite your girlfriend over for dinner.""So that she can make her feel bad and weird?...”
“And in those moments, Park thought about pulling back from her."Not breaking up with her. That phrase didn't even seem to apply here. Just . . . erasing away. Recovering the six inches between them”
“He took the necklace out of the box and carefully fastened it around her neck. Just like he'd imagined himself doing when he bought it. That might even be why he bought it - so he'd have this momen...”
“I'm sorry about yesterday," she said.He hung on to his straps and shrugged. "Yesterday happens.”
“He leaned against her, pressing his shoulder into hers. "Don't be mad at me," he said, sighing. "It makes me crazy.""I'm never mad at you," she said."Right.""I'm not.""You must just be mad near me ...”
“How could it be possible that there were that many nerve endings all in one place?”
“I cant help but think, Park would say during taekwando. I cant turn off my brain.”
“He's mad at me.""For what?""For not being like him."Eleanor looked dubious. "Has he been mad at you for the last sixteen years?""Basically.”
“You dont care what anyone thinks about you, he said.Thats crazy, she said. I care what everyone thinks about me.I cant tell, he said. You just seem like yourself, no matter whats happening around y...”
“There was a necklace inside. A thin silver chain with a small pendant, a silver pansy.”
“Eleanor had never thought about killing herself ever but she thought a lot about stopping.”
“He was hers. To have and hold. Not forever, maybe--not forever, for sure--and not figuratively. But literally. And now. Now, he was hers. And he wanted her to touch him. He was like a cat who pushe...”
“He was probably being so quiet because he was trying not to say it out loud.”
“They still didnt talk on the bus, but it had become a less confrontational silence. Almost friendly. (But not quite.)”
“I'm interested. It's like you've got all these weird barriers set up, like you only want me to have access to this tiny part of you”
