“I wasn’t different from most girls I knew. Well, except the fact I was exponentially better looking, but why beat a dead horse?”

“It was in that moment that I realized why he’d gotten the tattoo, why he had chosen me, and why I was different. It wasn’t just me, and it wasn’t just him, it was what we were together that was the exception.”

“- You look fine. - Right. I look fine. Except I don't, said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's nightshirt. This was why Kiki had dreaded having girls: she knew she wouldn't be able to protect them from self-disgust. ”

“If I ever find a dead horse, I am going to beat the fucking shit out of it.”

“If I ever find a dead horse, I'm going to beat the fucking shit out of it.”

“I totally, completely loved my nephew. I knew this from the instant he was born. But I rejoiced in it then, looking into his eyes because it made me understand that Darrin wasn’t really dead since that part of him was alive in his son.”