I knew it was beautiful, but knowing something is beautiful and caring about it are two very different things, and I didn't care.

Sometimes it is worth any amount of suffering just to prevent giving your parents the opportunity to be right.

I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. You probably think I have heard the call of the pole.

I'm the last of the mad ones.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

What tinfoil?" he asked.

The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see.