“Just so you know, Ive trusted you since camp.”

“Growing up is hard, love. Otherwise everyone would do it.”

“You need to be clever to best him. Are you clever, Rach”

“Now youre going to get it, I said, guessing Al was coming when the ones in the back scattered. You should have been nice.With a weird cry, the closest surface demon fell back, but it was too late. ...”

“Thats my girl, she said, her eyes holding a shared pain as she saw my confusion. Al, where are you going to put her? Not in your room. Shed pull a line through you and kill you when you hog the bla...”

“He could totally be your boyfriend," [Angel] went on with annoying persistance. "You guys could get married. I could be like a junior bridesmaid. Total could be your flower dog.""I'm only a kid!" I...”

“I'll never see Ivy alive again.But she's still everywhere. In every drop of bubbling swamp water. In every leaf hanging from every tree. In every speck of swamp mud. In every blade of grass. In eve...”

“If you meet an angel, you will have not peace, but a fever.”

“Life and stories are alike in one way: They are full of hollows. The king and queen have no children: They have a child hollow. The girl has a wicked stepmother: She has a mother hollow. In a story...”

“Bug? You sack of sweat stink. I've got farts that smell sweeter than you. Think you're better than me? Poop ice cream cones, do you? Call me a bug! Rachel, let me do him now.”