“It was going to be our job to annoy someone? I knowits a dream come true!”

“After an hour the score was: Quancita34 Radiz51 Sallyfroglegs Perla9 a”

“Are you okay? Yeah. Good, she said, because if you fall off a skyscraper, Ill be so mad at you.”

“Are you . . . lost? Not really, she told him. We just dont know where were going.”

“What are you doing? I asked Loretta. Stabbing a cushion, she told me.”

“Keep moving! Beas arguing with the floor.”

“If Chess is the switch, Loretta said, how does he turn the Fog off? Bea bit her lower lip. I dont knowask Chess. How would I know? I said. You try being a switch.”

“Did Cap’n Vidious leave that? He is such a cuddlebunny.” “Yeah,” I said, “that’s exactly how I’d describe him.”

“If Chess is the switch,” Loretta said, “how does he turn the Fog off?” Bea bit her lower lip. “I don’t know—ask Chess.” “How would I know?” I said. “You try being a switch.”

“IF her life had taught her anything, it was that you never really knew what people had going on beneath the surface. People were shit. The only difference between them and animals was people felt t...”

“Living together/ is one move closer/ to living apart”

“I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.”