She sleeps; she sleeps. And when she sleeps, she dreams. And when she dreams, she dreams of a girl who was lost at sea but one day found the shore. - Gabrielle Zevin

And when she dreams, she dreams of a girl who was lost at sea but one day found the shore.

Why do two people fall in love? It's a mystery.

The words you can't find, you borrow.
We read to know we're not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.
My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart.
We are not quite novels.
The analogy he is looking for is almost there.
We are not quite short stories. At this point, his life is seeming closest to that.
In the end, we are collected works.

Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can give.