“There was silence in her head and silence beneath her window, and still she could not sleep.”

“Kami got to school the next day without any incidents like being kidnapped by pirates or having the earth open up and swallow her, which on the whole Kami thought was a pity.”

“She clenched her fist in his T-shirt, put her other arm around those too-broad, too-real shoulders. When he tried to pull away, she held on tight. Kami felt the surrender in his mind a moment befor...”

“She walked beside Jared, four inches of rain-dashed darkness between her hanging wrist and his.”

“Wearing that? Wouldn't you fancy a shapeless cardigan instead? You rock a shapeless cardigan, honey.”

“Hark, he said, his tone very dry. What stone through yonder window breaks?Kami yelled up at him, It is the east, and Juliet is a jerk!”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”

“Lesson one: expect to get screwed over for the convenience of others on a regular basis.”

“All this bunch of so-called 'adults' was doing was making enemies of one another when what they really needed to be concentrating on was how to get out alive.”

“Now you're an adult, Katya!" he'd said, picking her up under the armpits like he'd been doing since she'd been born.”