“Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."Marsha thinks about this. Then she says, "Not true.""I know," Tom says, and sighs.”

“When the human being says:'It is not true...'He may mean:'I don't know about it, so I think it is untrue.'Or:'I don't like it.”

“That's all you need to know about Godspeed," he says. "Although you should also know this. I am Eldest." Good for you, I think. Congrats on being old.”

“They say be a good girl, get good grades, be popular. They know nothing about me.”

“I don't know what it says about me that I have a greater affinity with the damaged. Probably nothing good.”

“Are you sure you're okay?" she asks. "Should I call 911 or something?""I'm totally fine," says Rob. "It's going to take a little while to recover, I think. It was like ... an orgasm... times a hundred." He sighs again, and continues to lie on the table."Really?" says Jael. "Like a ..." she isn't sure how she feels about that at all.”