It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.

They misspelled 'party.' How evil genius can they be?

With each shimmy, the bugle beads on their scandalously revealing costumes swung and shook. It was the sort of display Evie knew her mother would have found appalling—an example of the moral decay of the young generation. It was sexual and dangerous and thrilling, and Evie wanted more of it.

It's always darkest before the ultimate sparkle.

I've never been in love. I will die without knowing what it feels like to need to see one person's face when you go to sleep at night, to crave seeing it when you wake up. I wish I knew.

I’m from the health department. You’ve heard of Typhoid Mary? This fella’s got enough typhoid to start his own colony.

Tonight, she went into the woods, and I fear she shall live in the woods of my soul for the rest of my days.