There was no "me" in Alchemy. Well, phonetically there was, but that wasn't the point.

..Sage is convinced one extraneous calorie will make her go from super skinny to just regular skinny. Tragedy.

Because it’s our duty to God to protect the rest of humanity from evil creatures of the night.

For a moment, I was captivated as I studied them side by side. My mother: the perfect picture of guardian excellence and decorum. My father: always capable of achieving his goals, no matter how twisted the means. Uneasily, I began to understand how I’d inherited my bizarre personality.

Another power I don't have," said Lissa ruefully. I grinned. "Hey, I have yet to meet any spirit user who can throw a punch like you can. That was poetry in motion, Liss." She groaned.

Right. Because there’s no bigger sign of commitment than a Halloween dance

Even now, despite Angeline's watchfulness, she'd occasionally oscillate between random topics, like how shepherd's pie wasn't a pie at all and why it was pointless for her to take class in typing when technology would eventually develop robot companions to do it for us.