"Harry's been calling me blue blood ever since he and the woman riding shotgun took me against my will from my parents' house, drove me to the airport, and flew me to upstate New York." Chapter 1, pg. 2

"I'm tired—it must be four a.m. by now—and would prefer to lie down and sleep, but something tells me to obey, so I stand. The men in the chairs watch me. The tall one yawns. This must be boring as hell for them. It sure is for me." Chapter 2, pg. 8

"It's my second morning. I've been here for roughly thirty hours, and it's been one nonstop caffeine headache." Chapter 4, pg. 20

"To fight the monotony and boredom of TI, I begin to relive memories: the day I walked into math class and saw Sabrina for the first time, in a red short-sleeved dress, writing an equation on...