"The truth is, it's really only okay to be yourself if that self is within an accepted range of 'normal'."
- Stacey Kade
"What happened to you?" she asked."Ben was feeling artistic. Wanted to rearrange my face."
"I couldn't loose somebody else like that, without even the chance to say good-bye. Not again. Not her."
"Do you have any idea who Erin was kissing?""Yeah, so we'll brush out teeth really, really thoroughly afterwards," I said, bumping her nose with mine gently. I wasn't going to let anyone spoil this mom..."
"What was the point, I had to wonder, of fighting so hard to learn to protect my life if I was destroying it in the process?"
"No. Not a death wish. Just very little left to lose."
"She shrugged and flipped her glossy hair behind her shoulders. "What else do you have to do with your time besides think about stuff like this? It's not like you're real heavy into extracurriculars. B..."
"It might have been my human side clamoring for blood, or my alien side looking for a chance to exercise strategic dominance over a lesser life form. Either way, I was going to win."
"That was, in fact, my life. A whole series of reasonable lies."
"And no, I think i'm better than you because I am better than you."