Charles looked at her thoughtfully. "People talk to you," he said. "That could be useful.

Why is it that all cars are women?" he asked. "Because they're fussy and demanding," answered Zee. "Because if they were men, they'd sit around and complain instead of getting the job done," I told him.

Over the years, she'd learned not to question him to closely—mostly because he wouldn't answer her.

It is hard to accept being different, hard to have people avoid looking at you, and still believe in yourself.

There are big bad wolves all over the world who tremble at the sound of his name, yet a little puny coyote girl peanut-buttered the seat of Bran Cornick’s car because he told her that she should wear a dress to perform for the pack.

But you can't marry someone to fix him, even if you love them.

After I shut the door behind me, I heard Darryl say "of course eating him would work too.