“It didn't matter to her that Tamani only had weak magic, he was magic.”

“So there's magic? Real magic? It's not just all scientific like David says?"Tamani rolled his eyes. "David again?"Laurel bristled. "He's my friend. My best friend.""Not your boyfriend?""No. I mean...no."Tamani stared at her for several seconds. "So the position's still open?"Laurel rolled her eyes. "We are so not having this conversation.”

“He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter.”

“This time it had been magic. And it didn't stop being magic just because you found out how it was done.”

“That was what magic was: greed. Magic wielders didn't wield magic; it wielded them”

“He was still open to the magic of this place. I didn't know a lot of people who were open to magic at all.”