My hatred notwithstanding, I had to admit Dimitri Beli-whatever was pretty smart

Howʹd you get here?ʺ I asked. She winked. ʺYouʹre not the only ones who can steal cars. Or, in my case, get people to ‘willinglyʹ lend them.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be with someone,” I said diplomatically. Unless that person turns your world upside down and makes you lose all self-control.

The problem with having so many people call me by nicknames was that when someone called me by my actual name, it usually meant something serious was happening.

She felt so much emotionally, she would say, that a physical outlet - physical pain - was the only way to make her internal pain go away. It was the only way she could control it.

Yes, Roza. I did want you. I still do. I wish... we could be together. -Dimitri to Rose on their relationship

I'd seen weirder things than a haunted shoe, but not many.