“Will you punish me forever?”

“If God has nothing better to do than punish schoolgirls for a bit of tomfoolery, then I've no use for God. ”

“Because you can't keep up the illusion forever," I say. "No one has that much magic.”

“In books, the truth makes everything good and fine. The good prevail. The wicked are punished. There is happiness. But it's not like that really, is it?" "No," I say. "I suppose it only makes everything known.”

“Do not be tempted by English roses. Their beauty fades, but their thorns are forever.”

“The world is a lie...not you and me.”

“Our mouths and bodies speak for us in a new language as the trees shake loose a rain of petals that stick to our slickness like skins we will wear forever. And just like that, I am changed.”