Charlotte, Will’s being vexing.' 'And the sun has come up in the east,' said Jem, to no one in particular.

You're not so bad. You'll get there. You should have seen Alec do flips at first. I think he kicked himself in the head once.

Light like thin grey soup seeped through the windows. The door opened and Mrs. Dark came in, followed by her sister, who had no head, only the white bone of her spine protruding from her raggedly severed neck.

You can only push the truth down for so long, and then it bubbles back up.

Being sixteen forever sounded good until you really thought about it. Then it didn't seem like such a great prospect.

She had thought she was going to save her mother, and now there was going to be nothing for her to do but sit by her mother's bedside, hold her limp hand, and home someone else, somewhere else, would be able to do what she couldn't.

Beauty fades, but cooking is eternal.