“Less speed, less strength, less stamina since I hadn't "bloomed". But I'd bet I was outweighing everyone around me in the brain category.”

“Goddammit, Bobby, break the speed limit!”

“I guess since the groin is the center of a guy's world, he rarley guesses it isn't the center of yours.”

“Like a kid, I hadn't wanted to make it true by saying it out loud. Because if you don't say it, there's still a chance God, or someone, or anyone will notice the mistake and fix it.”

“I’d put a banana on my tray, too. That, at least, didn’tremind me of anything trying to kill me. Could you kill someone with a banana? It didn’t seempossible. Maybe a possessed banana. I’d seen possessed pets before, but not possessed fruit. ButI’ll bet it’s out there somewhere.”

“Sonofabitch answer me!" My voice bounced off the walls, made the whole room whirls around me. My blood pounded in my ears. Adreline poured through my blood, copper winding me tighter and tighter."YES!" he screamed back "yes. i am a fucking virgin, don't shoot me goddammit fucking please!”

“Nat flung her arm over my shoulders and Alex leaned against my other side, the prohibition against touching gone for a few brief seconds as everyone collapsed together in a heap.But I wasn't wulfen. I was still lonely.”