“I'm really about as good at relaitionships as I am at being a vampire. I'm kind of a smart but surprisingly inept kind of girl.”
“Adrian rolled his eyes. "I'm kind of surprised to find you lecturing about underage girls.”
“Boo-hoo. Help me, I'm a girl. What kind of modern woman are you? A smart one.”
“He gives me a little shrug, like, of course, why else? And at this point, I really have no right to be surprised by people's capacity for kindness and generosity, but still, I am. I'm floored every time.”
“... I'm a half-empty kind of girl.”
“The good thing about being a pessimist is that I'm either always right, or pleasantly surprised.”