And I told you before, I'll sell you any of the thoroughbreds.” “I didn't make any of those thoroughbreds. I didn't make them what they are.” “You made all of them what they are.” I don't look at him. “None of them made me who I am.

Do you ever get the feeling that something awful might happen?' James asked me. . . I sat up. 'I'm the awful thing that happens.

Here is another secret: I have no business being fascinated by you.

Grace: The idea was immediately unbearable, only because I wanted it to be true so badly it hurt

I always wanted an eccentric daughter . I just never realized how well my evil plans were working.

Fate," Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast.

The best-case scenario here is that you make friends with a boy who's going to die." "Ah," said Calla, in a very, very knowing way. "Now I see." "Don't psychoanalyse me," her mother said. "I already have. And I say again, 'ah'.