Sometimes when we think we’re protecting ourselves, we’re really hurting ourselves. And sometimes the people around us too. - Dale Peck

"You are -" she stopped fanning long enough to push the glasses up her nose - "Sprout Bradford?"

I thought it was a little pretentious to say "You are Sprout Bradford?" instead of "Are you Sprout Bradford?" so I said, "I are Sprout Bradford!" in my best half-hick, half-retard voice.

"Drift House: Susan's response to Queen Octavia's sarcasm in regards to fading memories..."But we pass our memories on," she insisted. "I mean, from one generation to the next. Parents teach their children. They write things down, tell them stories —

You show me a teenager who doesn’t like to be flattered and I’ll show you a teenager who’s got a steady source of sex.