We turned us into wintergirls, and when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.

The dead do walk and haunt and crawl into your bed at night. Ghosts sneak into your head when you're not looking. Stars line up and volcanoes birth out bits of glass that foretell the future. Poison berries make girls stronger, but sometimes kill them. If you howl at the moon and swear on your blood, anything you desire will be yours. Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

It's a shame we can't just admit that we failed family living, sell the house, split up the money, and get on with our lives.

I was good at digging holes. It was the rest of life I sucked at.

Everybody told me to be a man. Nobody told me how.

I have ten bucks in my pocket - what to spend it on? French fries - ten dollars' worth of french fries, ultimate fantasy.

I doubt trees are ever told to 'be the screwed-up ninth-grader.'