“Take control of the situation. Be an alpha guy. Instead of—Hell, I don't know which letter of the Greek alphabet you're now, but it's not a good one.(Neal,"A Veil of Glass and Rain")”

“It's a dominance thing," Lissa chimed in. "Like dogs. He was making clear to you that he is the alpha dog." I looked at her. "I mean, you're the alpha dog," she said quickly. "But he doesn't know that yet. He's testing you.""I don't want to be the alpha dog," I grumbled. "I don't want to be a dog, period.”

“I sing. I let go. I open my arms to the kind unknown."(Brina, "A Veil of Glass and Rain")”

“Taking action is hard, but know what? Enduring a bad situation can be its own hell.”

“I don't know which one is the real you," I said. "Are you more like Kyle the dick or Kyle the good guy?”

“The blues are because you're getting fat or maybe it's been raining too long. You're sad, that's all. But the mean reds are horrible. You're afraid and you sweat like hell, but you don't know what you're afraid of. Except something bad is going to happen, only you don't know what it is.”