" Illustrated, ESPN—all this month’s issues. Jade took another bite of Bomb Pop and grinned. “What are you smiling at?” Elias grumbled, rubbing his nicked ear. “I don’t know how to tell you this,” Jade said, “but you are not the center of my universe. I do occasionally react to things outside of you. I know it comes as a shock. "

― L.S. Hawker , End of the Road