There is no normal. I've never met a normal person. The concept is flawed. It implies that there is only one way people are supposed to be, and that ….

Irony is the word I forget the meaning of immediately after I look it up, but I kind of feel like I live in a constant state of it..

You'd been petting a stuffed dog?' she said 'A dead one?' 'It was a really well stuffed dog' I clarified. 'I have seen some bad taxidermy. This was t….

The whole "weak in the knees" thing,which she always thought was just some idiotic expression back from the golden age of idiotic expressions,was rea….

Tired, but not the kind of tired that sleep fixes..

It was as if the news itself wanted to reassure me. Even Jack the Ripper himself had reappeared as part of the greeting committee..

Being an author means, almost by definition, that you make up characters and then complicate their lives. That's it, really. You make up characters a….

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you..

It's always awkward when someone doesn't realize you're joking and devotes thought time to what you've said. Double that when the person is wearing t….

I sleep better knowing that a naked cork-eater is not sneaking around at night, stealing my underwear..

New start or not, there was a line to be drawn, and that line was singing musicals to yourself as serious psychological motivation..

Rory: "People are being serious." Jazza: "There's a serial killer out there. Of course people are being serious." Rory: "Yeah, but what are the chanc….

Spicy food and I have a close relationship—an obsessive one, in fact. If it’s spicy, I want it. I want to sweat and shake and go half blind from the ….

Did I just kill someone?" "You can't kill a dead person," Callum said. "Makes no sense..

This pool is a triumph of imagination. That's how you win at life, Gin. You have to imagine your way through. Never say something can't be done. Ther….

It was like the entire world was colluding to make me feel insane, and it was doing a really good job..

Keep calm and carry on. Also, stay in and hide because the Ripper is coming..

Did you hear?" he asked. "They found another body around nine this morning. It's the Ripper, definitely." "Good morning," I replied. "Morning. Listen….

Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not..

You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before..

She introduced herself to my parents with one of her mighty, bunny-crushing handshakes. (I'd never seen Claudia crush a bunny, to be fair, but that's….