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

“How did you get out of the suicide door?" Her disbelief was a living, pettable thing."Magic."Her eyes narrowed. "There is no magic.""Maybe not for you. But I'm from out of town.”

“I caught her red-handed with her hands down his pants.""You did not," Fancy told Madda sternly, with as much dignity as she was able. "It was just one hand.”

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

“I do know you, Fancy. All about you. The problem is, you don’t know about me.”

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

“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.”