“Even if they are fictional, I always thought that mermaids were beautiful creatures. Of course, they don’t compare to you, but still…”

“You asked me who I thought I was before. I said maybe I was a fish because I love water and you said, you thought a mermaid, maybe.If you were a mermaid, you said, if you were a mermaid, I was the sea.”

“If you were a mermaid, you said, If you were a mermaid, I was the sea.”

“Sam: "I always thought you were the most beautiful of all the Nephilim."Meg: "That's ironic because I always thought you were the ugliest of all the angels.”

“After looking at myself in the mirror, I looked at Satsuko. I could not believe that we were creatures of the same species. The uglier the face in the mirror, the more extraordinarily beautiful Satsuko seemed. If that ugly face were only uglier, I thought regretfully, Satsuko would look even more beautiful.”

“Julia heard from her mummy that fairies were gentle creatures with singing voices just like the mermaids.”