“The next best thing after finishing writing a chapter is starting a new one.”

“There's no such thing as a "wanna-be". Only someone who hasn't found the drive to take on a dream head on. Find the drive, be what you want to be.”

“Holy hell, Trev! What kind of move was that?”Trevor leaned over her with a big smile on his face. “You really thought I would give up that easy? I am a geek, Cassie, not a friggin’ wimp. It’s called the internet and how to videos.”

“If I couldn't hide from [bullies], then the next best thing was to blind them with my glorious fabulousness.”

“I ask the political economists and the moralists if they have ever calculated the number of individuals who must be condemned to misery, overwork, demoralisation, degradation, rank ignorance, overwhelming misfortune and utter penury in order to produce one rich man.”

“She began to sacrifice that old identity to live in her new one. It was the new life, after all, that everyone wanted.”

“Cassandra buried her head in her pillow and wished she could just turn off her mind like she had the lights.”