Jesse just smiles. He blows a smoke ring. "Sis," he says, "welcome to the Dark Side.

With my heart racing, I ran in the other direction; leaving the rest of this rescue to people who actually want to be heroes.

My father looked right at me, but he didn't answer. And his eyes were dazed and staring through me, like I was made out of smoke.
That was the first time I thought that maybe I was.

I hadn't been thinking, actually. I was just trying to get to a place where I'd be noticed.

There are some nights when you just want to know there's someone else besides you in this wide world.

She knew how you went about falling in love; she did not know how you went about falling into trust.