“Hope flickered in my chest. 'Do you think they'll stop this... zombie-apocalypse-in-the-making if they realize I'm back on Team Not-Insane?”

“Are you actually hoping my boobs are going to talk back to you? Do you think they'll tell you my name?”

“I hope that for my kids, too, success will be its own reward. That they'll do their best because they want to win for themselves and for their team, without even calculating my reaction, much less having it be the driving force. I don't think they'll care that I'm not always ...snapping pictures of everything they do, to be pasted up in the commemorative album of their lives.”

“My parents will be sad for a while, and they may even blame themselves, the way they do now. Eventually they'll come to peace with my decision. I hope they'll realize I'm finally at peace.”

“I was falling for Elyssa and my track record with girls looked like a zombie apocalypse.”

“I'm talkin' about you. Stop pretending you're normal. You're insane. Make that work for you.”