“Your face is a secret. Hiss, Hiss.”

“the girl somewhere,who reads you,whose skin has memorized your life.Nothing stops her fingers;they swim with you at night. ”

“I grow weird in the field”

“Who loves the world? The sleeper does”

“. . . God made white people boring,then yawned and they all turned to stone.”

“So,uh, where am I, exactly ? And what do you plan on doing with me ?""You're at Underworld General Hospital. As you can probably guess, we specialize in nonhuman medical care. Our location is secret, so don't ask.""UGH ? Your hospital is called 'ugh' ? Oh, that's precious.”

“Here’s how this goes. No Guardians. I don’t trust any of them, including you. You can have as much ice cream as you want. I doubt I’ll stop ordering you around.” He turned his face away and put his lips to her ear. “And you don’t get your own bedroom. You sleep here. With me.”