“And Clare, always Clare.”

“Sometimes I'm happy when he's gone, but I'm always happy when he returns. -Clare”

“CLARE: The library is cool and smells like carpet cleaner, although all I can see is marble. ”

“Clare seems so pleased with the idea of me as a pirate that she forgets that I am Stranger Danger.”

“The hardest lesson is Clare’s solitude. Sometimes I come home and Clare seems kind of irritated; I’ve interrupted some train of thought, broken into the dreary silence of her day. Sometimes I see an expression on Clare’s face that is like a closed door. She has gone inside the room of her mind and is sitting there knitting or something. I’ve discovered that Clare likes to be alone. But when I return from time traveling she is always relieved to see me.”

“Alba, it's okay,' Clare says softly. She looks at me. 'Say the poem about lovers on the carpet.'I blank, and then I remember. I feel self-conscious reciting Rilke in front of all these people, and so I begin: 'Engel!: Es wäre ein Platz, den wir nicht wissen-''Say it in English,' Clare interrupts.'Sorry.”

“Sonunda kaybetseniz bile hayatta kısa bir süreliğine çok mutlu olmak, bir ömür boyu orta karar yaşamaktan daha iyi değil mi?"-Clare”