“I hadn’t been that interested in a hug. I could getthem anytime.Or at least, that’s what I’d thought.”

“I’d thought he was stars and then I’d thought he was a fox. I had thought I’d been alone, but I hadn’t.”

“I’d fallen so hard in love with her, I was surprised I hadn’t been knocked out.”

“You ever been fucked by a man’s mouth?” The way he said it, I knew he wasn’t talking about any kind of oral I’d experienced. I’d been teased and spoiled and serviced by guys’ mouths, but no, I hadn’t been fucked…”

“I’d essentially compartmentalized my life so I could be two different people for a while, but it hadn’t worked in the end.”

“I figure the folks that are the most interesting get to go to heaven. I mean, if I was God, that’s who I’d want there with me ... I’d rather be a superhero in hell than an angel in heaven. What the feck would I do all day if I wasn’t kicking demon ass?”