“Sometimes, when it seems like the pain is never going to end, I wish Id gotten a different suite of magical talents from my mother. Like the power to avoid situations that end with me willingly jam...”

“I just feel like were starting to interfere on a level thats sort of . . . extreme. But thats what heroes do.”

“I just wasnt sure it was a good idea to approach heroing the way Id always approached detecting. Can you really shake the world until justice falls out?”

“Just thinking about how long its been since Ive managed to wind up covered in blood, I said. Its like a new trend. A blood-free trend.”

“Even when she slept, she tossed and turned and squirmed, like she was secretly a hurricane forced into a girl-body and told to exist as best she could among people who had no idea what it meant to ...”

“Sometimes, when it seems like the pain is never going to end, I wish I’d gotten a different suite of magical talents from my mother. Like the power to avoid situations that end with me willingly ja...”

“A true success is when you become a reason for a Smile on their face.”

“You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice.”

“You can only hold a smile for so long, after that it's just teeth.”