Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.

She was my destination. I was always on the way to Lena, even when I wasn't. Even when she wasn't on her way to me.

Arelia looked up at Macon. "It's not the house that protects her. It's the boy. I've never seen anything like it. No Caster can come between them.

A kiss that was every bit as big and every bit as small as a kiss can be.

So he's like a human compass? As far as superpowers go, that's pretty lame. You're like the Caster equivalent of Aquaman.

Sunday night, I reread The Catcher in the Rye until I felt tired enough to fall asleep. Only I never got tired enough. And I couldn't read, because reading didn't feel the same.

The toes of our ratty black sneakers touched.