"...she felt like yelling at a God she wasn't even sure existed. Am I being punished? What did I do" (Chapter 1, p. 35).

"I'm afraid to...I'm afraid my mother will die, and my father will grieve forever, and i'll always be alone, because you're going too..." (Chapter 3, p. 51).

"He wanted to be noticed. He wanted people to see him. It was dangerous, this want" (Chapter 4, p. 64).

"But we never do anything together now, she thought, not even be unhappy together. He makes decisions without asking me, like i'm a little child" (Chapter 5, p. 72).

"It unnerved him when her eyes caught him like that, but it brought something else he couldn't explain, something that didn't seem normal for him. he wanted it again. He wanted to discover what it was" (Chapter Six, p. 85).

"She looked tiny, and pale...before this her mother's dying had been a possibility..." (Chapter 7, p...