She wondered if this was true of every parent: if, prior to having children, they all used to be someone else.

The joke's on them. One little hypodermic wont' be enough. Split a piece of wood, and they'll find me. Lift up a stone, and they'll find me. Look in the mirror, and they'll find me...If you really want to know what makes someone a killer, ask yourself what would make you do it.

Then Henry speaks again. "Did he do it?" I turn to him slowly. "Does it matter?

Being a teenager isn't all that different from being part of someone else's story. There's always someone who thinks they know better than you do

I drew it over my skin like a violins bow, No one would ever hear the song of my shame.

When your existence is hell, death must be heaven.

The real power of a wolf isn't in its fearsome jaws, which can clench with fifteen hundred pounds of pressure per square inch. The real power of a wolf is having that strength, and knowing when not to use it.