“I don't think we ever find anything, do we? I mean in life. We think we find things and then it turns out those things aren't what we thought.”

“Sometimes the monsters are not monsters, she says. I know. I nod. And sometimes the monsters are within us all, even in those we think are most good.”

“We teleported," Issie finishes. "Like in Star Trek or Harry Potter, sort of. No! Like in Dr. Who in that episode with the Sontarans and the brilliant human boy, or really any Dr. Who ever if you think of the Tardis! Holy canola! That is just the coolest thing ever! Wowie, wow, wow!”

“We all live with our losses. We don't want to, but we can”

“Nobody is perfect, though. We all want everyone to think we are, but perfection is some crazy mythical state that we can never achieve. It is a goal beyond our grasp, always shifting and changing and taunting us, because it knows...it knows we can never reach it.”

“We are not defined by our species any more than our nationality or our gender. What we do , our choices, that's what defines us.”

“What we do,our choices, that's what defines us.”