It's kind of hard to ask a dead guy what he did wrong.

Listen,' Thomas said, slowly getting to his feet, hoping Minho wouldn’t be stupid enough to try anything. “There’s something about us. We’re not just random shanks who showed up on your doorstep. We’re valuable. Alive, not dead.” The anger on Jorge’s face lessened ever so slightly. Maybe a spark of curiosity. But what he said was 'What’s a shank?

You scared of that pip-squeak? Dude, you got a lot to learn. Freakin' Newbies.

You get lazy, you get sad. Start givin' up. Plain and simple.

Quit voting me down before you even think about what I'm saying.

Sometimes they do things to make me do the opposite of what they think, I think, they think, I am going to do.

I think Judy Blume, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz are the three authors responsible for my being where I am today. I owe them a lot.