He told me that love was the only thing that really mattered in the world. - Gabrielle Zevin

Time was mathematically explicable; it was the heart — the part of the brain represented by the heart — that was the mystery.

Why are you here?" I asked him.
"That's an awfully big question, Anya."
"No, I meant here outside this office. What did you do wrong?"

"Multiple choice," he said. "(a) A few pointed comments I made in Theology. (b) Headmaster wants to have a chat with the new kid about wearing hats in school. (c) My schedule. I'm just too darn smart for my classes. (d) My eyewitness account of the girl who poured lasagna over her boyfriend's head. (e.) Headmaster's leaving her husband and wants to run away with me. (f) None of the above. (g) All of the above."

"Ex-boyfriend," I mumbled.
"Good to know," he said.

He had an appreciation for things other people had forgotten.