“One of the real enemies of an addict is denial.”

“Awareness makes it possible for you to choose.”

“One becomes sated with platitudes no less than honey, so that one often breaks another's bones in one's vexation.”

“You always have choices, Brianna. No one can take that from you. You're the only one who can decide how this ends.”

“It's so much easier to be ignored when no one's noticed you to begin with.”

“What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue.”

“I reach across my bed, half expecting to be greeted by Blake's green eyes and warm smile, but grab only folds of comforter. I am alone. The realization is met with the same ache I've felt since leaving Blake. It isn't disappointment exactly. It's more visceral than that. I don't want to be one of those girls who think they're in love with a boy just because they hooked up. So there. I am not in love with Blake Willliams. I just miss him is all.”