"I've never been
in an earthquake.
Don't know if this was
even close to how they
are, but the ground
definitely felt like
it opened up
and ate me."

"So they lived on, together.
And they were happy."

"Books are...mirrors, windows, sliding glass doors, stepping-stones, overcoats, anchors, springboards, escape hatches, quiet corners, warm blankets, flying carpets, beacons to new readers"

"This is a work of young adult fiction: all references to "puberty" have been replaced with "lycanthropy.""