Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like grits, but with high self-esteem.

Boy, you just can't kill people like you used to.

Pain fades,” I said slowly. “But being a nutcase seems to stick around. Guess who got the better deal here?” The last thing I remember is Mr. Chu’s face blazing with fury.

The trick to having obedient, unquestioning children was to have death be the other option

"I can talk to fish!" Angel said happily, water dripping off her long, skinny body. "Ask one over for dinner," Fang said, joining us.

I grew up in a house full of women: my mother, grandmother, three sisters, and two female cats. And I still have the buzz of their conversations in my head. As an adult, I have more female friends than male ones: I just love the way that women talk.

Our parents were a test tube and a turkey baster.