1
What's a slut?" I ask him." A girl who puts out too easily."" Puts out what?" I imagine Greer putting out dinner and don't understand what Iwan wouldn't like about that." Puts out, you know..." His face, already beet red from our run, turns a darker scarlet. "Sex."I wonder where Greer puts the sex out.Rachel Cohn
2
These humans–they are cruel monsters. Liars. Deceitful. For the first time, I want to hurt them the way they hurt me. This is so unfair. My body feels numb, my energy spent, my mind deceived and angry.Rachel Cohn
3
When the time is right, when these feelings of rage and unfairness once again overcome me, I will not faint. I will fight.Rachel Cohn
4
Beneath the water, I can know her. She was fierce, uncompromising. When she loved, she loved deeply, passionately. She loved the blue-eyed water god. She owned him. His heart. But then she felt betrayal, she hated, and she was feared. Hate gave her power.Rachel Cohn
5
Maybe your unspeakable defects give you power too?Rachel Cohn
6
The humans create life, and senselessly cause death. For nothing.Rachel Cohn
7
From a distance, a clone's luminous eyes are meant to draw in humans and make them feel safe. Up close, the eyes appear hollow. Because of that, humans tend not to look into our eyes too closely, which I've been told is socially preferable, as eyes without souls behind them can be frightening.Rachel Cohn