“And I did what I do best. I watched, alone, from the sidelines. I saw.”

“They are all leaving me, Daddy," I wiped the tears from my eyes. "I'm going to be here all alone with all these secrets.”

“Why do I love writing YA? Because I get a chance to re-live my youth knowing all I know now...”

“I don't want to die without telling you that I love you," Everett's voice was a faint, wavering whisper, and his lips swollen and bloodied. "I always have.”

“..he was the only one in the world who understood the secret living thing that dwelt in he pit of my stomach...the thing that reared its head from time to time to sear my insides with fear.”

“It's the witching hour once more-When the Muse comes out to play.He calls me through that magic door-Where galaxies of worlds await!”

“I have several people among my acquaintances who might be described as 'fearsome rogues.' Did he give a name?”