I'm not the one going for a biology degree. I'm just a philosophy major who eats people.

Dare to ask, "Where is my novel too simple?"

Sometimes the facts in my head get bored and decide to take a walk in my mouth. Frequently this is a bad thing.

She smiled, turning toward Alek. "You don't know what a friend you have in Dylan.

Your father always suspected that being pretty-minded is simply the natural state for most people. They want to be vapid and lazy and vain—Maddy glanced at Tally—and selfish. It only takes a twist to lock in that part of their personalities. He always thought that some people could think their way out of it.

Money's the same, whoever gives it to you. That was the point of money, after all: crisp and clean or wrinkled or disintegrated into quarters - a dollar was always worth a hundred cents.

At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated.