“Lusa turned to Crys, her eyes shining. "That was a luna."Crys shrugged. "So?""So? So what? You want it should sing, too?”

“I lost a child," she said, meeting Lusa's eyes directly. "I thought I wouldn't live through it. But you do. You learn to love the place somebody leaves behind for you.”

“The 2-week delay of her letters had caused me to keep a distrustful eye on Hallie, like a star so many light years away it could have exploded long ago while we still watched its false shine.”

“What I want is so simple I almost can't say it: elementary kindness.”

“Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.”

“When you're given a brilliant child you polish her and let her shine. Pigs in Heaven”

“So Noah cursed all Ham's children to be slaves forever and ever. That's how come them to turn out dark”