"I have absolutely no idea what I want to be when I grow up. I've changed my mind one hundred times. Just once, I'd like to get it all together; see beyond the next five minutes, but I've never been able to" (Page 35).

"I do the deals-with-God thing. Make her better ... make us all better and I'll change the world for you. But God doesn't talk to me ... He only talks to people like Mia. People he thinks are worth it. Because they have passion" (Page 51).

"I look around for the counter that sells my scent, but I'm so petrified that if I spray it in the air, nothing will come out. And then Mia's scent seems to fade away and everything else fades away with it and I know that all I have to do to recapture it is press the spray button again. But I don't...