I've done my best to drive you away, Sadie," he said suddenly. "But you've never left me.

I looked at the cards in my hand, the queen of hearts nestled between the king of clubs and the king of spades. No wonder she was smiling.

The hardest lies to detect are the ones surrounded by truth.

He put my fingertips to his mouth and kissed them. Licked the trace of blood away. Made them clean. Then I knew the truth I had been denying. He made me clean. Dan made me clean and shining and bright. He made me beautiful, and I did not want to lose him.

Sometimes, you turn back. Sometimes, you walk away. And sometimes, you find the place you're meant to be, and you stay there. You find a way to make it work. Whatever it takes.

You know what they say. Best revenge is looking good, right?

But sometimes it's the sunshine that frightens us more than the big black shadows.