He was the only person in the world she was tongue-tied around, and yet the only person she really wanted to talk to.

She'd always known he didn't love her. But it was easier to bear when he didn't know she loved him. That way they were even. Now he knew he had all the power.

It had always fascinated him that she'd consumed so many words, that her head was full of stories, told a thousand different ways.

Safe is just another word for scared.

Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, "When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all.

Why were girls in such a hurry to grow up? Agatha would never understand. Childhood was magical. Leaving it behind was a magnificent loss.

I've never seen you hide from anyone before. He must do something crazy to you.