“I don't like reindeer. They seem like regular deer, only more dangerous.”

“I don't even like regular plants. Except for corsages and long-stemmed roses...and those only hurt when they don't show up.”

“If love looked like a deer, smelled like a deer, and ran like a deer, then I wouldn't passively wait for it to find me. Nope, I'd seek it out at 60 MPH, and then run it over.”

“Sometimes he felt like the only one on earth. He was different. He always was. His attempts at living in the regular world seemed stupid and false.”

“You know, it’s dangerous to touch me like that.” He gazeddown into my eyes.“You didn’t seem to mind.”“That’s because I can control myself better than others. You havea date with danger or something?”That was an understatement. It was more like death.”

“He's changed. I don't know what caused it...but what the heck? He's laughin' anyway, like a regular kid.”