Apparently loved did weird things to a girl's practical decision-making skills - Matilda

— Devon Monk

I glanced up at the trees too. Dead. Every one of them gray and white, needles rusted, leaves shriveled at the tips of branches. All the life sucked out of them. Not just the trees. All the plants, ferns, grasses and brush were shriveled, brown, barren. As if a month of winter had set down right here in my driveway and gone on a killing spree...." Love what you've done with the landscape," Cody said. "You could open your own business, you know."..." The hell you're talking about, Miller?" I asked Cody." Yard care. You're poison and weed whacker all in one. You can call it Death to All Shrubbery.

— Devon Monk

I wouldn’t want you to get in the shower and then pass out or some such. How about if I help you get out of your clothes? I’m an expert in Platonic undressing.” He gave me that wicked smile. “Give it a rest. I’m not going to strip naked in front of you, and I’d rather pee in private.” “Half the injuries in a home happen in the bathroom. What kind of friend would I be to let you face that kind of danger alone? I mean, sure, you walked out of death, but this is a shower.” “Shame. Get out of my bathroom.

— Devon Monk

Looks like its game time,” Shame said. “Beautiful day for some ass kicking, don’t you think?

— Devon Monk

What the hell?” I muttered. Then I realized it was Jack Quinn’s car. Jack was a Hound and BEA’s boyfriend. The left blinker flashed on for just a second, and then Jack drove at speed again.“Action, I’m sorry to tell you I think I have a crush on another man.”“Who is this unfortunate and soon-to-be-dead fool?” he asked.”Jack. That’s his car. He must have been waiting for us, or maybe he followed us.”“Jack Quinn has been following us?” Shame said.“And now he’s taking us to Collins, I think.”“Or a trap,” Shame said.”He’s a Hound, Shame.”“My statement stands.”“You still don’t get it, do you?” I turned left, following the car. “Hounds are loyal. Jack and Beat old me they’d help me if they could. They’re not going to turn against me while I’m in trouble.”“What happens when you’re not in trouble?” Shame asked.“Don’t know. It’s never happened.

— Devon Monk

Whether you approach your dreams on soft feet or in a breathless run, just so long as you acknowledge that your dreams are valuable and worthy of pursuing, then you’ve made it.

— Devon Monk