“Hes sitting casually at my kitchen table peeling the skin off an applewith a pocket knife, a red apple that he has quite obviously appropriated from my fruit bowl, might I add.”

“You know, he says, voice still low.I have had nothing but trouble since you walked into my life. Id walk straight back out of it if only youd let me.”

“Could you bring me to Ritas house before we go to the airport? I ask. Theres one last thing I need to ask her to do. That is on the other side of the river, says Ethan.I know. But I need to see her...”

“Will you promise to keep this to yourself, to not tell anyone of what we are?” By his words you’d think he was giving me a choice. Like I could say,no deal, honey bunch, I’m off to shout your secre...”

“He’s sitting casually at my kitchen table peeling the skin off an applewith a pocket knife, a red apple that he has quite obviously appropriated from my fruit bowl, might I add.”

“You know,” he says, voice still low.“I have had nothing but trouble since you walked into my life.” “I’d walk straight back out of it if only you’d let me.”

“Humour sustains us during failure; more so after success, when we're prone to fail that much more, daring abyss, pumped up with success.”

“I wish you all the best in life. Hell, I will even write your obituary for free.”

“I love religious nuts. They make me remember I have them too. So, being a health nut, I scratch them religiously. Just as I do my butt.”

“With a secret like that, at some point the secret itself becomes irrelevant. The fact that you kept it does not.”

“Then Cassie told her story. The feeling was like gathering up everything she's ever done or felt or known up to that moment and tying it into a ball and pitching it with all her might as far away a...”

“Every woman needs secrets,' her mother said with a smile then, her eyes meeting Sally's in the rearview mirror. 'Remember that when you're old like me, pumpkin, because the world has a way of makin...”

“Oh my god! Madison, what is with you and non-human guys?”

“Hey, hey, just a little scare. Said Nico, backing away from a very guarded Katty. Gotta get used to those if your going to be a Vampire. Just wanted to see if you were on your game. As far as I can...”

“Oh God, Jenna said, will you shut up and kiss me before I change my mind?”