“Jack wasn't worried. Wherever Mirie was stuck, she had probably taken over and was ruling as the de facto empress.”
“This had disaster written all over it. Jack wasn't exactly the picture of discretion-or sanity,for that matter.”
“She looked out at the other trees, and she realised that her life was one of thousands, any one of which could have been her, she had grown wherever her life had taken her, she had drifted wherever the wind had blown her.”
“There were so many Jacks she had known, and he had known so many Hazels. And maybe she wasn't going to be able to know all the Jacks that there would be. But all the Hazels that ever would be would have Jack in them, somewhere.”
“Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto.”
“Smile because it over now, worry about the future later, be positive wherever you go :) ”