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“And who were we? There was something spinning wickedly out of control inside this house. It was like seeing inside the Bakers’ world had opened up windows into our own, and the view was not a pretty one.”

“He wanted to know about the sycamore tree and seemed to understand exactly what I meant when I told about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. ‘It’s that way with people, too,’ he said, ‘only with people it’s sometimes that the whole is less than the sum of the parts.’”

“But if chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one’s universe, then I was well on my way. At least that’s what I tried to tell myself when I flopped into bed that night, dead tired.”

“‘Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss. . .’ He turned to me. ‘But every once in a while you find someone who’s iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.’”

“Bryce, I asked you to conquer your fear, but all you did was give into it. If you were in love with her, that would be one thing. Love is something to be afraid of, but this, this is so embarrassing.”