“Alex was the only person I knew that was like me. Since the first moment we met, he just understood what it was like to need quiet and solitude. No one else wants to let you do that, you know? They’ll just tell you that you’re detached and snobby and a thousand other things. I can’t tell you how many people have said they thought I was some horrible bitch before they got to know me. But he just got it.
