“They're just scars. They're not you.”

“I want to ask you something.''The answer's yes.''What? You don't know the question yet.''Yes, I do. It's am I fantastic in bed.”

“I ran my fingers over the black ink. "They're holy to you."Alex flexed his fingers. "They are now.”

“Celebrity Retrieval? I've never heard of them.""They're a kind of private Blackwater.”

“Shooting stars are not really stars at all but meteorites, burning their way through our atmosphere, sometimes landing in the oceans and in the middle of farms...you could make wishes on them if you like, but they are really just pieces of rock falling down from the sky, and they could land on your head and kill you just as you look up to make a wish. Really, they're just rocks. They don't care about your wishes at all.”

“Books in the YA genre, in particular, should use proper grammar because they're more of an example to young people than adults books are.”

“I do look for the good in everyone. I also give them a chance to be their best, and I try to cope with my disappointment when they're not”