“Did she watch Newsies? Tell me she watched Newsies.Twice.”

“Tell her to be quiet, and she got louder. Tell her to stay back, and she pushed me into the line of fire. Tell her to watch for our pursuers, and she hovered at my shoulder instead. Open the door to listen, and she wanted to drag me back inside.Ah. The beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

“Her cupboards are crammed with Cappuccino mix. No one needs Cappuccino mix. It's not diginified. She watched 'Super Size Me' and went straight to McDonald's. She did the Atkins Diet, "but with potatoes.”

“What good did it do to light the world on fire if she had to watch the glow alone?”

“I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.”

“She understands all at once, with a small shock, exactly what it is she always needed to tell Harland: being there in person is not the same as watching. You might see things better on television, but you'll never know if you were alive or dead while you watched.”