“Listen, you bubblehead-up-until-five-minutes-ago...”

“That was one problem with dramatic exits: Sometimes they wound up making you look like a bubblehead.”

“Tally turned away. Five minutes was suddenly too long to stand here, eyes burning, unable to cry.”

“you just took on five million years of evolution again”

“I can pick up the city feeds on my antenna. It said they were going to change you all. Turn you into something less dangerous. Are you still...?"She gazed at him. "What do you think, David?"He peered into her eyes for a long moment, then sighed and shook his head. "You just look like Tally to me."She looked down, her vision blurring.What's the matter?"Nothing, David." She shook her head. "You just took on five million years of evolution again."I what? Did I say something wrong?"No." She smiled. "You said something right.”

“the parties are no fun until everyone gets drunk”

“Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.”