Why should I believe any of this?' It happens that fast. I say, because I think I like you. Marla says, 'Not love?' This is a cheesy enough moment, I say. Don't push it.

There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me.

Think of spoiled cat food and ulcerated cankers and expired donor organs. That's how beautiful she looks.

On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

If the living are haunted by the dead, then the dead are haunted by their own mistakes.

The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty.

Inside me is the same desperate hope I have watching the ravenous dead and thinking, Oh please, oh please, oh please. The craving inside of me is to be clutched at by some dead girl. To put my ear to her chest and hear nothing. Even getting munched on by zombies beats the idea that I'm only flesh and blood, skin and bone. Demon or angel or evil spirit, I just need something to show itself. Ghoulie or ghosty or long-legged beastie, I just want my hand held.