"We hear that life was good before she met the monster" (p. 2).

"And if a guy like that is really my father, could I have inherited a rape gene?" (p. 15).

"They don't call it the monster for nothing. It chews people up, spits 'em out, often unsalvageable. So why have I been even a little tempted to take a spin with the monster?" (p. 61).

"Change is coming. The surety of that has augured its way into my brain, stirring up all those buried childhood fears. I deal with the uncertainty of tomorrow by uber-controlling today" (p. 95).

"I don't know enough about being in love to insist that I really am. But I definitely feel something for Bryce, and I'm almost positive he feels something for me" (p. 173).

"A battle begins inside me. Head versus heart. Logic versus emotion. And every synaptic surge of logic is telling me not...