“Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay.”

“All Chelsea's internet dates were gorgeous. Until she met them.”

“The only thing Jess really cared about were those two children and letting them know they were okay. Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, ...”

“The triumph of hope over experience.”

“Kind eyes under all the mascara.”

“She was always tired, these days. She put on one of those smiles that wasnt really a smile at all, and they went on.”

“If someone were to harm my family or a friend or somebody I love, I would eat them. I might end up in jail for 500 years, but I would eat them.”

“Sometimes you know you've got a chance with a girl because she wants to fight with you. If the world wasn't so messed up, it wouldn't be like that. If the world was normal, a girl being nice to you...”

“Smirking, he says, "Whatever spell you just tried to cast on me, it didn't work, so I think you need to go back to Hogwarts.”