I was like a chocolate in a box, looking well behaved and perfect in place, all the while harboring a secret center.

People are secretive when they have secrets.

Blessed books—they’re a place to be alone, and no one else can come in.

I know parental embarrassment usually stops somewhere at fifteen, but he just kept on giving me good reasons.

People can attach themselves to something--an idea, another person, a desire--with an impossibly strong grip, and in the case of restless ghosts, a grip stronger than death. Will is a powerful thing. Will--it's supposed to be a good treat, a more determined and persistent version of determination and persistence. But will and obsession--they sit right next to each other. They pretend to be strangers and all the while meet secretly at midnight." -

Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.

Rejection, though--it could make the loss of someone you weren't even that crazy about feel gut wrenching and world ending.