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Here are passages from the book by Steve Martin: ...touches his heart and breaks it flat. It is then Ray's turn to experience Mirabelle's despair, to see its walls and colors. Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has damaged them both, and how he cannot justify his actions except, that, well, it was life...

...Some nights, alone, he thinks of her, and some nights alone, she thinks of him. Some nights these thoughts, separated by miles and time zones, occur at the same objective moment, and Ray and Mirabelle are connected without knowing it...

...One night he will think of her as he looks into the eyes of someone new, searching for the two qualities that Mirabelle defined for him: loyalty and acceptance. Mirabelle, far away an in Jeremy's embrace, knows that what had been lost is now regained...

All the rest are quotes from the movie.

Mirabelle: Ray, why don't you love me? Are you just biding your time with me?
Ray Porter: I thought you understood.
Mirabelle: So, I can either hurt now or hurt later. 

Jeremy Kraft: Amplifiers are so under-appreciated. 
Mirabelle: What? 
Jeremy Kraft: They could be so cool looking and nobody cares about design, you know. It pisses me off! Mac designs a cool computer, EVERYBODY goes out and they buy it! And... a band! A rock n' roll band... lives or dies by their amplifiers... and they're sold... like fridgerators. Hell, it's that ridiculous, come on! The amp should have mystique! I mean, yeah. I mean, an amp should be sold like cool things! You know, like cars! Like swords! Not like appliances. And that is why my, that is why my boss' business is going under. Because... he, he'd use it all as merch. 
Jeremy Kraft: That's merchandise. 

 Mirabelle: Are you the kind of person that takes time to get to know, and then once you get to know them... they're fabulous? 
Jeremy Kraft: Yes, absolutely... What? 

As Ray Porter watches Mirabelle walk away he feels a loss. How is it possible, he thinks, to miss a woman whom he kept at a distance so that when she was gone he would not miss her.