“O.K. I'm running out of appetite. Let this swirl— a bit like Crab Nebula— do for now.”

“If ever you do go back, what is it you want of Evesham?""Do I know? [...] The silence, it might be ... or the stillness. To have no more running to do ... to have arrived, and have no more need to run. The appetite changes. Now I think it would be a beautiful thing to be still.”

“Try to tell me what I shouldn't doYou should know by now,I won't listen to youWalk around with my hands up in the airCause I don't careCause I'm alright, I'm fineJust freak out, let it goI'm gonna live my lifeI can't ever run and hideI won't compromiseCause I'll never knowI'm gonna close my eyesI can't watch the time go byI won't keep it insideFreak out, let it goJust freak out, let it goYou don't always have to do everything rightStand up for yourselfAnd put up a fightwalk around with your hands up in the airLike you don't careCause I'm alright, I'm fineJust freak out, let it goI'm gonna live my lifeI can't ever run and hideI won't compromiseCause I'll never knowI'm gonna close my eyesI can't watch the time go byI won't keep it insideFreak out, let it goOn my ownLet it goYeah, yeah, yeahJust let me live my lifeI can't ever run and hideI won't compromiseCause I'll never knowI'm gonna close my eyesI can't watch the time go byI won't keep it insideFreak out, let it goGonna freak out, let it goGonna freak out, let it go”

“Once they were men. Now they are land crabs.”

“Though every community is different, my personal rule is pretty much the same: It’s O.K. to feel like an idiot going in as long as you don’t sound like an idiot coming out.”

“Naoko took her left hand from her pocket and squeezed my hand. 'Don't you worry,' she said. 'You'll be O.K. You could go running all around here in the middle of the night and you'd never fall into the well. And as long as I stick with you, I won't fall in, either.'Never?'Never!'How can you be so sure?'I just know,' she said, increasing her grip on my hand and continuing on for a ways in silence. 'I know these things. I'm always right. It's got nothing to do with logic: I just feel it. For example, when I'm really close to you like this, I'm not the least bit scared. Nothing dark or evil could ever tempt me.'Well, that answers that,' I said. 'All you have to do is stay with me like this all the time.”