Ethan Joella: "Songs should not hurt; puddles should not break me."

Jeff Freiert: "You remember very little of the carnage that has happened today."

Cara Diaconoff: "I signed my name to the university Fascisti membership form so that I could afford to buy my course books."

Diane Freund:"I used to investigate wrecks that had been towed in, but it was hard to tell dried blood from rust."

Elizabeth Evans: "Marcie tried to heat herself up, become a golden lamp, project golden beams of goodness..."

Timothy Aubry: "Who, after all, would have been surprised to discover that Edward was a nerd?"

Connor Cummings: "How it happened the first time with Josh is this. It was two weeks after that surprising kiss..."

Peter Simek: “I’m an altar boy,” the boy said. He mumbled and looked at his feet."

Mathew Lebowitz: "Um," Molly pursed her lips, still eyeing the thumb. "My parents are in... Rome?"

Joe Colicchio: "My Aunt Millie and Leslie Stephanik were best friends — Nasty and Nastier..."

Geoffrey Sherer Weil: "Closing his eyes Deepcut visualized the distance between him and the hospital expanding rapidly..."

David Kosky: "'Maybe she feels the same way.' Lisa knew it was a lie as soon as she said it..."