He looked as though I'd just run over his pet puppy (though no actual puppies were harmed in the formation of that metaphor).

I'll be here when you get back.

Should alcoholics go to liquor stores?

She'd absolutely adored the library_an entire building where anyone could take things they didn't own and feel no remorse about it.

to know a piece of grass, you’ve got to see the ground that grew it. Maybe that’s why I remember every detail of that night, every inch of ground we covered, as I followed Zach to the place that had made him, seeing them both with fresh eyes.

Most people believe me when I lie. I've learned how to say the words just right. I have a trusting kind of face. But the boy in front of me was a trained operative, so Zach knew better. And besides, Zach new me.

I didn't know there were this many math guys," Hale said as they stepped onto the crowded concourse. Kat cleared her throat. "And women," he added. "Math women.