“He looked as shocked as if I'd asked him to masturbate in front of me.”

“I had the craziest idea that if I looked closely enough, maybe tilted his head toward the light, I'd be able to see into his brain.”

“If I had the power to resurrect, I'd use it on you." Now he was the one whispering. "There's an important part of you that's dead: the part that cares.”

“She decided not to look him in the eyes ever again. It was too much like being shoved over the edge of a ravine.”

“I'd rather be miserable and free than happy and caged.”

“Paulie looked thoughtful. 'Well don't use Elmer's glue,' he warned. 'it sure didn't work on the Blackberry.”

“It disturbed me that he saw things in such black-and-white tones. I sure didn't. For me, the world was a confusion of color.”