“Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of children.”

“What the eyes don't see, the heart can't feel.”

“The red color infesting Wyatt's lure spread like licks of flame until the entire stretch of rattling glass was full of bloody-colored pinwheels throbbing like sick, misshapen hearts.”

“Wanting to connect doesn't make you needy--it makes you human.”

“Even if you were Hannibal Lecter himself, around here you're nothing special.”

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

“They can't even decide what flavor of crazy I am.”