- Hunter: [to Daniel] You're a smart little fuck, you know that? But too smart for your own fuckin' good.
- [Last lines]
- Narrator: To this day, I can't tell you why I looked out that window. But when I saw her standing there, somehow I knew *neither* of us would ever be the same. I'm the last person in town to see her alive. And I don't know how I feel about that. I really don't.
- [pause]
- Narrator: When she left town, she killed the dreams of every boy whoever knew who she was. Even if they were little dreams, like catching a whiff of her perfume, or tasting a piece of her gum. Or even, may be one day, that she would know our names.
- [pause]
- Narrator: She was last seen in a dinner outside Peoria, Illinois and headed west. I wonder if she got there okay... wherever she was going. And I wonder where she is now, and how she's doing. I guess... I'll always wonder.
- McKayla: Whatever it is you want to say, wait. And if you still want to tell me when the summer is over, tell me then.
- Sergeant Calhoun: Happens every summer. When the air is so heavy you can't breathe, the nights turn long and sleepless and the stars feel like they are burning out above you. The whole world feels like it's folding in. When you long for cooler times, do you know what it is that's gonna tear you apart?