Ce n’est pas le temps que tu passeras avec moi qui compte, lui assurais-je. C’est ce que tu feras de ce temps.

Oh, goody,” Chas whispered. “I hate going to the doctor. I’d rather be back underground in the water playing Ophelia.

Once more Isambard looked completely terrified. Twice in one night! This was going to be a diary entry for the ages.

You’re a zombie. If you’re not missing body parts, you’re doing it wrong!

I held up a book, one Renfield had grabbed from my bedside table in his haste to pack for me. I’d found it in the bottom of my valise, one of the first things he threw in. Underwear and books – the fellow clearly had his priorities straight.

Did you really ever think of me when you were kidnapped? Because I look at all the things you went through, and my first instinct is to shield you from my problems – but sometimes you act like nothing happened to you at all.

Real ladies can give orders, Real gentlemen can take them, and Real zombies don’t eat brains.

All of our lives suck right now, okay? You might think yours is an extra special sparkly rainbow unicorn fart type of suck, but it’s not. Just get on with it!

Keep this in mind, though: one false move and the teddy gets it!

I was jealous of [Nora] at first, because she had prettier dresses and the naturally curly hair that had been my ultimate worldly desire at that age. In fact, when our mothers initially introduced us, i had chosen to greet her by yanking on a fistful of her hair to see if it was real. Her response was to deck me in the nose.It had been love at first fight.