But in my humble opinion, a house needs a good party once in a while; remind folks it exists.

when you love someone you’ll do just about anything to keep them.

Ah, well. Life's too short for moderation, wouldn't you say?

There’s something about hospital walls; though only made of bricks and plaster, when you’re inside them the noise, the reality of the teeming city beyond, disappears; it’s just outside the door, but it might as well be a magical land far, far away.

You'll beat this. I know it doesn't feel like it, but you will. You're a survivor." "I don't want to survive it." "I know that, too," Nell had said. "And it's fair enough. But sometimes we don't have a choice.

A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.

Nell was not one for friends and had never hidden her distaste for most other humans, their neurotic compulsion for the acquisition of allies.