Reading is not work, not a chore, not a drudgery; reading is the most joyful thing, yet, in the world.

No one looks like Fang-dark and still and dangerous, like he's daring you to set him off. But I'd seen him rocking Angel when she'd hurt herself; I'd seen him smile in his sleep; I'd seen the deep, darkl ight in his eyes as he leaned over me... ~Max; "Max"; page 24

It's the ciiiiiiiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiiiife!" Iggy sang

Holy [Insert your choice of a swear word here]," said Fang stunned.

I'm a girl who has been tamping down her emotions and keeping them tightly guarded her whole life. And that works really well for me. [...] And now I felt like my shell had a dangerous crack in it. Without much more effort on his part, it would split wide open and my enormous river of emotions would gush out - the bad and the good. It was pretty much the scariest thing I'd ever thought of.

Everything I loved was taken away from me, and I did not die.

I'm very emotional. I do feel stuff, for better or worse.