Cynthia Hand, Hallowed

"It's been nice knowing you, Clara.'Huh? My brain still a bit shell-shocked.'Say a prayer for me, will you? He gives me a shaky grin. Because I'm pretty sure my parents are going to kill me"

"First rule of Angel Club, you do not talk about Angel Club."

"This is the part where I kiss you."

"I’ve learned that sometimes, when you’re afraid but you keep on moving forward, that’s the biggest kind of courage there is."

"So what's the big emergency" Jeffrey says. He jogs down the aisle of the Pink Garter toward where Christian and I are sitting, waiting for Angela, who uncharacteristically late. "I thought we weren't going to meet this week because we like, you know, spent all weekend together. I'm kind of sick of you people."Glad to see that you decided to grace us with your presence, anyway," Christian says."

"I sneaked out to his house a couple times in the middle of the night to watch over him while he slept, just in case, I don't know, his comic book collection decided to spontaneously combust. This was dumb and admittedly creepy in an Edward Cullen kind of way."

"There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart."

"I'll never forget the way he tastes. It's not anything I can describe, a little sweet and a whole lot of spice, and it feels, in that moment, absolutely right."