“I hated the quiet. I could hear my fears that much louder for it.”

“I seemed to still be alive. Which was unexpected. I'd feel good about it when I stopped retching my insides up.”

“My mother had raised me on a thousand stories of girls who were saved by the Djinn, princesses rescued from towers, peasant girls rescued from poverty.Turned out, stories were just stories.I was on...”

“It was a bad idea to play chicken with someone who'd known you your whole life. Nobody came out a winner.”

“I called the desert into a storm.”

“I barged through the palace, dripping a trail of blood behind me as I held the dead bird by the neck.”

“I called the desert into a storm.”

“Teeth were created to be shown.”

“Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.”

“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good.”

“Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information? Bones asked, getting back to the subject. You to take me, she replied at once. Not gonna happen! I spat, squ...”