“Jackie patted her on the shoulder, "you know what you need?"Ash peeked out from between her fingers."Eight hours of rest before tomorrows exam? Bug spray that repels assholes?”

“Ash sighed after he left, feeling somehow even more exhausted than she had when she'd crawled into bed the night before. She climbed back under the covers and closed her eyes. Just in time for more knocking on the door. "I hate everybody," Ash mumbled into her pillow...”

“Dad always says, 'If you can't stand out, then you should just sit down.”

“This may be impossible for you to believe," Colt said in a hushed voice, "but as recently as last year, I was a hyper, naive-albeit extremely good-looking-minor myself.""And now you're a persistent, outdoorsy, unshaven man-boy who cavorts with clones of your former self?"Colt plucked a round stone out of the water. "I prefer boy-man, but the rest of the sentence sounded fairly accurate.”

“Without missing a beat he said, “This year, Santa, I’d like a pony and an Easy-Bake Oven.”Raja grunted and pushed him off to the side. “You’ll be getting coal in a place where it hurts if you ever attempt to sit in my lap again.”

“Seductive pull of the forest, an open canvas for trouble.”

“Ashline Wilde was a human mood ring.”