“Sup? he asks. My voice rattles when I answer. N-not much. You know, reanimated corpses chasing me on a cruise ship. Same old.”

“Thank you, Deke. You are very good to me. I know, he smirks. Can I get back in your bed now?”

“If I can face a street full of rabid zombies, I can tell a boy I like him. Right?”

“If they ever turn, let them chase me for a while. It’s always been afantasy of mine to be chased by zombie cheerleaders.”

“S’up?” he asks. My voice rattles when I answer. “N-not much. You know, reanimated corpses chasing me on a cruise ship. Same old.”

“Thank you, Deke. You are very good to me.” “I know,” he smirks. “Can I get back in your bed now?”

“A court that wouldn't just change the world. It would start the world over.”

“Red in the head, Silver in the heart”

“I have a theory that the answers to all of life's major questions can found in a John Mayer song.”

“The procedure, not yet approved in the United States or in Europe, was a form of stem cell therapy.”

“Are we all just Dark Age doctors, swearing by our leeches? We crave a greater science. We want to be proven wrong.”

“I'm watching her talk. Watching her jaw move and collecting her words one by one as they spill from her lips. I don't deserve them. Her warm memories. I'd like to paint them over the bare plaster w...”

“Zombies can't believe the energy we waste on nonfood pursuits.”