and i always gave the same answer , which was the truth : `` i do n't know . '' `` you 're beautiful , but i expect you know that . '' the way my little sister kept finding rides that she liked , she would have been standing in line for hours to ride them as many times as she had been if we had n't had them . that was our place , that 's where i went , and what i said was - `` he closed his eyes , thinking . it was never the same after that . 