“Bouncing is for balls.-Tibby Rollins”

“She got under the covers and put her arms around the bag. She could smell Tibby. It used to be she couldn't smell Tibby's smell in the way you couldn't smell your own; it was too familiar. But tonight she could. This was some living part of Tibby still here and she held on to it. There was more of Tibby with her here and now than in what she had seen in the cold basement room that day.”

“Tibby was shaking her head."What?" Bailey asked."Nothing. Just that you suprise me every day," Tibby said.Bailey smiled at her. "I like that you let yourself be suprised.”

“It was their mothers, long ago. Tibby noted with joy that all four of them were wearing jeans.”

“They needed to grieve alone was what Tibby's dad said. Lena wondered if really there was any choice in that. Everyone grieved alone.”

“she looked up at the stars and gave Tibby thanks. She didn't have to throw her thoughts far to know they reached her.”

“Tibby, who was not fond of change, had once told Bridget that the present, no matter what it brought, couldn't change the past. The past was set and sealed.”