“Just to keep the bad dreams at bay, she took a swig out of a bottle that smelled of apples and happy brain-death.”

“A dragon just gave me a piece of jewelry,” she said. She took another swig and handed the bottle back to Graydon. “Have I been added to his hoard?”He shook his head and drank too. “No, cupcake,” he said. “I’m pretty sure you’ve replaced it.”

“Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream.”

“Suffering just means you’re having a bad dream. Happiness means you’re having a good dream. Enlightenment means getting out of the dream altogether.”

“She took the pills from him, placed them in her mouth and drank the entire bottle of water. Water: it has no taste, no smell, no color, and yet it is the most important thing in the world. Just like her at that moment.”

“Um, baby? You never watch soaps."He took a swig from the bottle."All the backstabbing and cheating and fucking makes my life look normal. I like that."~Creed”