“Where does one go from the bottom? You hit the bottom of the well and what? People say the only place to go is up, but they seem to ignore how long you can spend wallowing in the muck at the bottom...”

“I had choosen the path of the black sheep rather than that of the unicorns and puppies.”

“Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it.”

“The power to compel is not the same thing as leadership, and one does inspire the other. You are not a leader, Walters, you are a bully and a coward of the worst kind. the fear you believe you insp...”

“If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it, and you won't like it. That's how I operate.”

“Zachary smiles, and I wonder if he's felling different. Because standing out here waist deep in Gossimer Lake, next to my best friend, I'm feeling different-light and good and maybe even holy.”

“Don't make me sit through reality.”

“My wishing star glowed slightly and winked back at me. I could almost hear its voice, tinkling like wind chimes and church bells, reassuring me that everything would return to normal.”

“I hurt myself, Syren bit out. I make myself bleed and it feels good. It eases the pressure inside me, but it never lasts for long. His lips trembled. Before I slept in your bed, Id never had a full...”

“Look. I have a strategy. Why expect anything? If you dont expect anything, you dont get disappointed.”

“I tried cutting myself to express my heartbreak over Tommy (Lord Flood) rejecting me, but OMFG it hurts like flaming fuck.”