My grandmother used to say that twisting paths always cross again," he told her. "And whose paths are more twisted than ours?

The living would come up with endless theories to argue, because the living were exceptionally good at arguing, especially when no one knew the answer.

I'm against solutions that are worse than the problem. Like old women who want their hair dyed the color of shoe polish to hide the gray.

Connor smiles with mocking warmth at him, and glances at the tattoo on his wrist. "I like your dolphin.

Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.

They were the screams of riders torn apart by the twisted reflections of their own inner selves.

You'll feel a tingling in your chest," says a surgeon. "It's nothing to worry about.