^{"It’s part of your charm, you know," she reached over and patted my leg.  "You’re a dreamer.  I get the feeling that there aren't a lot of those around any more, the hopeless romantic types."}

^{"Go to hell," I said, "I resent that.  Just because I think about things that exist outside of normal avenues doesn't make me some hopeless romantic dreamer type.  It just means that I like to consider the possibilities."}

^{"Don’t you find that you end up spending more of your time thinking about the possibilities of all of these things instead of making them happen?  That, honey, is what I would call a hopeless romantic and a dreamer."}