There's a quickening of her heart when she sees him. She tells herself it's anger.

Incredible. It never ceases to amaze Starkey how far society will go to protect the children it loves and to discard the ones it doesn’t.

You should never apologize for existing, Lev. Not even to all those people out there who wish you didn't.

And," added Mikey. "she's my sister." The others looked at him for a moment, and broke out laughing. "Yeah, yeah," Squirrel scoffed, "and the McGill is my cousin." Now Allie burst out laughing, which made Mikey more annoyed. "If the McGill was your cousin," Mikey said, "I can guarantee he'd disown you.

Anger is only our friend when we know its caliber and how to aim it.

Walls don't fall without effort.

I don't want to be empty on the inside.