“It's easier to be careful in dresses. You have to be or you end up flashing your underclothes or destroying beautiful fabric. Dresses force you to be on guard.”

“She tucked a five-dollar bill into my dress strap—like I was a stripper!”

“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.”

“I’d give just about anything if I could make you care,” he said. “Especially about me.”

“The worst thing you can do is rest all your hopes on a wish. A granted wish doesn't equal a perfect life.”

“You need air. You need food. You don't need some beastly boy.”

“You ain't scared I'll kill you?You already did. At the dark park. The suspense is gone.”