Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.

About when to let others sacrifice themselves for you, even if its selfish. They say that if the sacrifice is the ultimate way for that person to show you that they love you, let them do it.

Fear," she says, "is more powerful than pain.

So you're her brother? Says Linn. I guess we know who got the good genes.

I open the door to the fear landscape room and flip open the small black box that was in my back pocket to see the syringes inside. This is the box I have always used, padded around the needles; it is a sign of something sick inside me, or something brave.

I'm going to shoot a muffin off Marlene's head.

I need the protection of seeming weak.