You're a smart boy. Or if you're not, you ought to be. — Cherie Priest

Her lack of interest might have been interpreted as a lack of caring, but it was only a side effect of permanent exhaustion.

Sometimes, everyone is right. Not always and not even usually, but once in a while, everyone is right.

“You're an idiot,” Lucy said. “Just ’cause you don’t understand them don’t mean they’re out to get you.”