Coffee. I could smell coffee. Coffee would make everything better.

My mother isn't crazy. She simply has a harder time than most reconciling her reality with everyone else's reality.

Adjustment? She called that an adjustment? How about I adjust her right out of existence?

His attitude, though always bad, has changed since he helped me prep the Pandora charm for Morgan. He thinks I'm falling for her, as ridiculous as that sounds, and he might be tempted to take matters into his hands.

Don’t stereotype, Jenks. HAPA is an equal-opportunity hate group,” I said.

Good Lord, I thought, squinting at the bright glare of a late-July morning. No wonder I slept through this. It was noisy with shrieking birds, and already hot.

And if he is lying and he double-crosses you, I’ll kill him for you.” From anyone else, it would have been an idle threat, and I smiled, feeling loved. (Ivy and Rachel)