"What did we know about either atheists or foxholes? Nothing. But I sort of understood it now. So I prayed."
-Chapter 3, p. 23

"I kicked the rack, feeling suddenly furious. What was it with Cedar Falls? People here had always been nice enough. But somehow the volcano had turned them into looters. Was everyone crazy now? We should have been sticking together and helping each other, not wrecking stuff."
-Chapter 9, p. 66

"I rubbed the Skittles clean on the inside of my shirt and ate them and the Starbursts. Mom would have told me not to spoil my dinner with candy. I wished I had a dinner to spoil. Or a mom to tell me."
-Chapter 14, p. 110

"Hunger of choice is a painful luxury; hunger of necessity is terrifying torture."
Chapter 15, p. 117

"Right or wrong, I already felt somewhat responsible for her mother's death. What if following me got Darla...