"Her accusations had been met with reality, and they didn’t have anyplace else to go."

"You know, sometimes I almost forget how creepy you are, and then you go and say something like that."

"Then Angela turned on Kade, and said, “I meant what I said. It’s sick, how you pretend like you’re something you’re n…"

"Time resumed. Time had a way of doing that."

"Hope only got you hurt. Hope was her least favorite thing, of all things."

"“There might be spiders,” said Jacqueline. She wrinkled her nose, less out of actual distaste and more out of the kno…"

"Of course this was all real. She had had her share of wild and beautiful dreams, but never anything like this. And if…"

"The first man—the Master—raised his goblet in a mocking toast. “To the future,” he said. “It’s on its way now, whethe…"

"There are moments that change everything, and once things have been changed, they do not change back."

"“Hope hurts. That’s what you need to learn, and fast, if you don’t want it to cut you open from the inside out. Hope …"