"...I am only trying to stop the awful sound and the way it looks is not the way it is" (p. 3).

"You had to be a good guyif you were Ray Sarafian's kid. You couldn't possibly be anything less" (p. 10).

"The problem was, she couldn't keep her hands off me. Couldn't keep her hands off my hands, actually...so you can appreciate that Gigi Boudakian was being a little difficult to deal with" (p. 56).

"...and Gigi Boudakian's tears drop, right onto the back of my hand, and this is a nightmare now. I should be the one crying" (p. 69).

"You hurt me, you know, Gigi. That's right. You're the one who punched me and scratched me, and I would never, ever even think of doing anything like that to you" (p. 85).

"I feel a slight shifting of her position in my arms, and I have to respond by...