You think that holding someone hard will bring them closer. You think that you can hold them so hard that you'll still feel them, embossed on you, when you pull away. Every time Eleanor pulled away from Park, she felt the gasping loss of him.
Holding Eleanor's hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.
There was a necklace inside. A thin silver chain with a small pendant, a silver pansy.
All the men’s clothes she wore just called attention to how much of a girl she was.
Everytime, he breaks your heart. And everytime, he expects me to pick up the pieces.
Her heart leapt out to him before she could stop it.
Every time, he breaks your hearts. And every time, he expects me to pick up the pieces.
And he’d expected her to feel like heaven, plus nirvana, plus that scene in Willy Wonka where Charlie starts to fly.
Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?' 'None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.
It made her want to have his babies and give him both her kidneys.
Don't bite his face, Eleanor told herself. It's disturbing and needy and never happens in situation comedies or movies that end with big kisses.
Park's eyes got wide. well, sort of wide. Sometimes she wondered if the shape of his eyes affected how he saw things. That was probably the most racist question of all time.
Hey, mister, I don’t think so. You go outside and yell at sky, you so angry.
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.
If you can’t save your own life, is it even worth saving?
What are the chances you’d ever meet someone like that? he wondered. Someone you could love forever, someone who would forever love you back? And what did you do when that person was born half a world away? The math seemed impossible.
The first time he'd held her hand, it felt so good that it crowded out all the bad things. It felt better than anything had ever hurt.
It was the nicest thing she could imagine. It made her want to have his babies and give him both of her kidneys.
