“Well, this was disappointing. I supposed I had jumped to a rather large conclusion, with the help of my research. It just went to show that Wikipedia was a liar and Google a whore.”

“I had risked everything, and I had nothing to show for it but my open hand, lying empty and palm up toward the ceiling.”

“I just looked at her, feeling utterly empty. I didn’t know what I was supposed to say to her. My life is in that bed. Please let me stay.”

“I always wanted an eccentric daughter . I just never realized how well my evil plans were working.”

“I'm always sure of what I do," he said. "Sometimes I was just never sure there was supposed to be a happy ending.”

“It felt wrong to be so proud of something that I had absolutely nothing to do with, but I couldn't help myself.”

“Humming and singing my new song, I led them up and down the stairs, pressing my fingers against the wall like I was about to push it over; down to the lobby, where I stood in a pot plant; and finally into the alley behind the studio, where I jumped on top of the car that had brought us from the hotel, leaving dents in the roof so the car would remember me.”