“You shouldn't greet monsters that way. It's scary."(Corky from Teresa's Shadow)”

“The familiar warmth from the church saturated his heart. Was this what Mom meant by Christmas joy?”

“I know they say you shouldn't take candy from strangers, but it's a cookie and not candy and technically, I'm not a stranger.”

“I sat back and looked at it. It was ugly, dark, uncontrolled. Like a monster's face. Or maybe what I saw there was my own face. I couldn't quite tell. Was the face the image of something evil or the image of myself?"Both," Bea muttered, as if I'd spoken my question out loud. "Of course, it's both. But it shouldn't be. Goodness, no.”

“Namaste. It was a Nepalese greeting. It meant: The light within me bows to the light within you.”

“Have I ever told you how scary it is that you think of heels in terms of their possible shiv potential?”

“It's kind of beautiful, this scary world. I still want to go out of it as soon as possible, but when I look around and stop thinking about how insane it all is and just see it without freaking out, it's really beautiful.”