"He panted over me, winded by his own absurd lecture. The stench of his alcoholic breath stung my nose. Again I didn’t answer. I hoped he’d tire out and end his speech and hobble back to the living roo..."
- Richelle E. Goodrich
"My fingers combed through my dark hair, short and straight, landing in choppy, uneven ends nearly level with my chin. The color reminded me of every evil character in any fairytale. It seemed all were..."
"Nobody loves the head of a dandelion. Maybe because they are so many, strong, and soon."
- Toni Morrison
"... on the lawn one late summer day, her pale hair tangled because she'd cry if anyone tried to brush it, spinning around and around until she got so dizzy she fell in a pile of bare feet and dandelio..."
- Holly Black
"There is nothing in the world more pathetic than a bunch of wilted dandelions."
- Shannon Wiersbitzky
"Knowing even as I craved permanence in New York City, that would never come to pass. The pair of us would live for as long as we could. As well as well could. That was all. Then we'd blow away like wi..."
- Lyndsay Faye
"Okay, so we know that someone at your place of work hacked into this laptop. That's what we know, that's all we know; let's not jump to conclusions...yet." "Unless...it's backward..."
- Dayna S. Rubin