Favorite quotes: 
 My body came triple-espresso awake. (41) 
 Mrs. Welles glanced up from her computer when she heard my fierce whisper. She looked like every English teacher I'd ever had -- part librarian and part frustrated artist. A brave pencil speared a lopsided, haphazard bun to her head. Her clothing was persistently colorful, in a blinding kind of way, and mismatched as if she dressed in the dark. (63) 
 "I don't understand. Most people want to be young forever." 
 "They're wrong. Immortality is a curse. Humans are supposed to die. It's the fear of death that gives meaning to our lives -- knowing that what's precious to you could be taken away at any time makes every minute, every thing mean more. When every day is the same, you become numb." (222)