“Opposites are attracted when each one is anxious about its own character.”

“Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. (p 41)”

“Margaret liked this smile; it was the first thing she had admired in this new friend of her father's; and the opposition of character, shown in all these details of appearance she had just been noticing, seemed to explain the attraction they evidently felt towards each other.”

“One of the lines in Finn's code is that you're not to say anything about Finn being attractive to the opposite sex. I'm not sure which exact statue governs this, but it's closely related to the one that won't let you thank him. Something about compliments and Finn don't work.”

“It's something to be anxious about," Manley said, "if you want to be anxious about something.”

“At first opposites attract. Then opposites attack.”