“The silence joined the words we always left unspoken. Circling around and around until I was sure, the quiet would slice me open".-Lo Preston-The Wild Hunt”

“A familiar pang of dread wrapped its icy hand around my heart." Lorelei Preston-The Wild Hunt”

“I wish there were a class where we could just keep going around the circle. around and around, until we had finally said everything about ourselves.”

“In fact," Slad was saying, "that was a night of firsts for me. I'm pretty sure I had sex with her too.""Pretty sure?""Like I said, it was a night of firsts. I'm not sure I actually made it to her vagina. It's quite possible I had sex with the air around her vagina." He gestured in wild circles. "But I still count it.”

“The dead never leave us. I didn’t have to see rotting zombies to remind me of that. Every day I remembered them and mourned. An ache inside that was forever constant. All I had left of them were memories. I cherished everyone like they were diamonds. I didn’t want to forget them. I didn’t want to let go." Lorelei Preston-The Wild Hunt”

“Lego, however, is always opened and then left lying around so adults have something to tread on when they are prowling around around the house at two in the morning, in bare feet, looking for the source of a noise.”