“Fuck them all. I ought to have that tattooed on my forehead, for all the times I've thought it.”

“And if you don't find what you're looking for?"At Roy's question Addie looked up."Then all I've lost is time.”

“Nowadays, I dont have expectations, and this way she beats them all.”

“I leaned forward and kissed him. And again. As if I were passing him all those silent words I cound not say, the ones that explained my biggest secret: that I might not have OI but I knew how he (Adam) felt. That I was breaking apart, too, all the time."-Amelia”

“After all, how many of us had tried to forget something traumatic...only to find it printed on the back of our eyelids, tattooed on our tongues?”

“I do not have the money anymore. It was all yours, after all. I slipped the check into the silk lining of the coffin when I kissed you good-bye for the last time.”

“I wonder if you've got a minute."I have many minutes, all of them used toward a common purpose.”