“She looked at her hand: Just some hand, holding a cheap pen. Some girls hand. She had nothing to do with that hand. Let that hand do whatever it wanted to.”

“She couldnt get any farther away inside from her skin. She couldnt get away.”

“She looked at her hand: Just some hand, holding a cheap pen. Some girls’ hand. She had nothing to do with that hand. Let that hand do whatever it wanted to.”

“Was it all in my head? A Lunar trick?Her stomach twisted. No. She shook her head, fervently. How to explain that she hadnt had the gift before? That she couldnt have used it against him? I would ne...”

“If you can find happiness inside of you, nothing will be able to create angst in your mind.”

“Pain dutifully reminds me that the world is terribly imperfect, but it faithfully helps me appreciate the world on those days when its a little closer to being perfect.”

“She's the kind of girl who brings you to the moon without you even being aware. The kind of girl you trip in love with, The kind of girl you never forget.”

“Not every story is about a girl who dreams of romance, waiting impatiently and dramatically for a tall, handsome, strong man to fall hopelessly in love with, in the foolish hope that he will protec...”

“But perhaps she has given me the strength and the madness to write about the things that I once desired so long to put against the world.”

“Amador and Bianca have a great life that I'm only a little jealous of. They have two kids they bring to see me. His daughter, Ashlee, is almost five now. She has asked me to marry her when I get ou...”