`` we are alike , '' he said , `` as no one else is , as no one else will ever be . '' evans said , `` but maybe he will recognize '' `` no , '' kenner said . barefooted , wearing shorts and a tank top . thinking back on that now , i almost want to cry with relief that he ended things . useless trading stamps and six hundred dollars ' worth of steel pennies . there was a guy sitting on her bed . it is just a thing that happens , and happens every day . 