“She's unhurt—or at least not bleeding on the oustide.”

“My sister's voice is Minnie Mouse and a dash of fingernails down a chalkboard, but only when she wants to bend me to her will.”

“I have two choices: attend my sister's dinner party or tie a plastic sack around my mother's head until she runs out of ngagging. I choose the evil that doesn't come witha felony conviction.”

“He reels me in, cups my face with both hands, and becomes my whole world. This is a kiss--maybe the last one we'll ever know, so we stay there forever, warm and safe. When he pulls away, something is lost. I think it's my heart.”

“Love fills all the gaps in our souls.”

“Can I ask you something?Boxers. Briefs exacerbate my claustrophobia.”

“How do you file a restraining order against sadness?”