Nothing else ever mattered to me, and you weren’t even real. All I ever wanted was you.

I don't think he likes girls", I said. "Or boys. Look at the horror on his face. He doesn't look like a people person.

Nick looked vaguely homicidal, but that was sort of his default expression.

Oh God, Mae," said Jamie in a hollow voice, descending the stairs. "I will never drink again. I'm only seeing in black and white. My arms feel all floppy, like flightless wings. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I looked like a very sad penguin.

Hi," Kami said to Dorothy, the head librarian…"Can you tell me where I could find the books on Satanism?" Twenty minutes later, she had Dorothy convinced that it was for a school project, and she really did not have to telephone Kami's parents.

Words felt so clumsy when she was talking about feelings and not facts.

It’s bits of dead cow; don’t ask it to perform miracles.