““... Because the writer resented that she had turned to me I became the handsome and dazed narrator, incapable of love or kindness. That's how I became the damaged party boy who wandered through the wreckage, blood streaming from his nose, asking questions that never required answers. That's how I became the boy who never understood how anything worked. That's how I became the boy who wouldn't save a friend. That's how I became the boy who couldn't love the girl.””
![“I was a lonely boy. I spent all my time reading books and watching the world. [some] tried to draw me out at first, but their hearts weren't in it. And after all, they had enough troubles of their own.” quote by Rabih Alameddine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e04/rabih-alameddine-7394_books_i-was-a-lonely-boy-i-spent-all-my-time-r_1701817.jpg)
