That was the beauty of Family, Dakota decided, you knew what it took to make them bleed. The magic was in choosing not too.

Survival strategy. If you’re not careful, this place will eat you alive, and Kaylee’s like bait for the beasts.

Trust me,’ he says with a touch of impatience.‘Stop asking me to do that,’ I say, equally as impatiently.

If you just go with the flow, no matter what weird things happen along the way, you always end up exactly where you belong.

No bikinis on a first date.” He nods. “I’m sure that’s a rule. Or should be. For my sisters anyway.

And you… do you know what you are?”“Stupid?”“Beautiful,” he says, his face turning red.

We're both whisper-screaming at each other. All I can think is this is the worst possible way to break up with somebody.

I'm not very good at being alive. Sometimes I despair of ever mastering it, getting it right. When I'm old, perhaps.

The dominoes of fate are falling down as we are speaking, and Ferriar knows what will happen when the last one crashes down.

It doesn't matter who you were or what you've done in the past. The only thing that matters is who you are right now.

Blaire, even if all we do is kiss or just lay there and talk, I'm okay with that. I just wanted you up here. Close to me.

Sometimes,’ he starts, ‘the hardest part about letting someone go is realizing you were never meant to have them.

You’re a gorgeous siren who could lure anybody into your arms. But I must go before I deliciously fall under your spell.

But eggshells were made to be broken, and slamming into a 100-story skyscraper at the speed of light would likely do the deed.

Hate was the blazing beauty that consumed the world in its flames. Love could never consume anything but the heart of a fool.