"You couldn't really say that something that hurts so badly feels good exactly. It's more that it just feels right. And something that feels so right couldn't be bad. It has to be good" (p. 4).

"Seeing her brother should be the lone bright spot in the otherwise bleak landscape that is her life, and yet it simply isn't so. Because somehow, that rainy night last March didn't just end her parents' lives. Somehow - as surely as if he had been in the car with them - she lost her brother that night too" (p. 28).

"Yell at me! Hit me! Do anything! But stop being like this! Stop acting like nothing's happened! Stop acting like you're okay with it all!" (p. 117).

"Willow hates to join them, because she knows that as soon as she steps into the kitchen the illusion will instantly be destroyed. Her presence reminds everyone...