How clear it all was in his memory., that first day he'd met Alice.

When she first meets Alice in her kitchen, she shows herself to be nervous, aggressive, and not disposed to interact.

I met Alice at a party that neither of us wanted to go to.

Larry meets Alice, whom he recognizes as the woman in the photo, and knows that she is Dan's girlfriend.

She meets Alice and her friends in 8th grade.

Ray contrives to meet Alice by pretending that he wants a nose job and then proceeds to bend her ear.

When he met Alice, he grew up overnight.

He meets Alice in a not-so-nice way but later build a strong friendship with her.

"I'm off, Alice," she said, quickly, hardly allowing her eyes to meet Alice's.

Ellen comes to realize that if she hadn't needed to be separated from her mother, she might never have met Alice and John.