“The two girls grew up at the edge of the ocean and knew it was paradise, and better than Eden, which was only a garden.”

“It was all balance. But then, she already knew that from surfing.”

“For the first six months, all whe wanted was honest labor, finely crafted novels, and surf.”

“This sense of 'place' -- that there was nothing to be wanted from material things, nothing to be saved.”

“In the United States, the last recorded clitoridectomy for curing masturbation was performed in 1948--on a five year old girl.”

“Here is to the nights we felt alive, here is to the tears you knew youd cry, here is to good bye, tomorrow is going to come to soon.”

“She lay sprawled across the alien’s chest like some plump, slutty blanket, and instead of jumping off like a good little girl, she snuggled closer.”