“You can't trust a guy showing off more cleavage than you.”

“They just change. Their body changes. Their abilities - the things they do that make them who they are - leave, sometimes temporarily, sometimes forever. Every day they wake up with that big what if?And nothing is scarier than a life filled with what ifs - living by day without predictability and control. Some people end up losing feeling. Some have uncontrollable spasms. Some can't function. Some end up blind or in a wheelchair. Some end up bedridden and paralyzed.It's hard to know who "some people" will be.”

“When I'm done, I contemplate lying down in the middle of the road to let a car finish me off. I'm already half-dead.”

“I didn't ask for your résumé,theater freak. You people love to talk, don't you.”

“There's nothing sweeter than sweat.”

“Life if freer once you are out of the cocoon.”

“I don't know if I've ever really touched him. Maybe once or twice when passing papers back. You know, even shorter, his hair looks so soft. Maybe it's time I rub it a little. So I can give more concrete details.I stretch my hand across my desk, but stop when I realize the horror of what I was about to do. Pet Sean. Have I lost my mind?”