Instead, it had slipped into her subconscious, and worked its way bene — Christopher Golden

"Jenna Blake was still alive because shed been willing to risk looking stupid."

"He was still as kind as he had always been, but there was a distance in his eyes now that made her want to cry."

"It seemed like every month that went by, every day older, life became more complicated. The rule for growing up seemed to be that no choice, no decision worth making was without some cost."

"Strangewood was never silent. It was never supposed to be. There was such life and color in the wood and in the creatures who lived there that silence would be tantamount to death. It was very silent in Strangewood."

"A girl looking for emotion could starve in L.A."

"It was a beautiful day to grow up."