"I've been holding out, wanting to be certain that he loves me for more than my bod. But how can you really know that?"
-Whitney, p. 41

"When I am, God forgive me, I want to know what it means to give myself to him so completely. Want to know what it's like when it's absolutely right."
-Eden, p. 89

"I can barely make it through each week, pretending to be the same old Seth at home, when a short drive will allow the new, improved Seth to come out and play."
-Seth, p. 112

"Two hundred dollars richer. I'm walking on water, oh yeah, and the rush is effing amazing."
-Cody, p. 163

"Once again, her eyes travel over me, trying to look under my clothes to the sin she intuits beneath them."
-Eden, p. 255

"One by one everyone leaves. Mom stands at the door, looking worn. Torn. Emptied. She has...