“Having never discovered qualities in myself that might attract someone else, I could never believe that anyone felt attracted to me.”

“I looked from face to face, exaggerating flaws and reminding myself that these boys did not like me. The hope was that I might crush any surviving atom attraction, but as has been the case for my entire life, the more someone dislikes me the more attractive he becomes.”

“I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This knowledge was like a song within me. Suddenly it all came together. If you were healthy, fit, and well-dressed, you could be attractive.”

“I never wanted to kill, I am not naturally evil. Such things I do just to make myself more attractive to you -have I failed?”

“Mindy felt a jolt of attraction roughly akin to having someone seize her intestines and twist.”

“Sinclair, your love is attracted to me. Once it begins to attract me, i will come. I will not make a gift of myself, I must be won.”