“It's sick and twisted and violent. Other than that it is totally G rated.”

“perhaps,thought Felix,that's what magic is--physics with a different twist to it.my world just hasn't discovered the twist.”

“I would rather be told an R-rated truth than a G-rated lie.”

“Time does not heal, It makes a half-stiched scar That can be broken and again you feel Grief as total as in its first hour ”

“I am so tired of the girl in the infirmary, I am so sick of the girl who cries wolf all the time - even though not one of those cries was ever a false alarm. Not one of my pleas was ever less than truly urgent because when it's all in your mind, there always IS a wolf.”

“It's been my experience," he continued, "that when you're with the right people, you feel more like yourself than ever. There's a happiness, and a feeling of coming alive to yourself and the other person, that's like nothing else.”

“I want to be with God all the time. But I don't want to be a monk, or totally give up worldly pleasures. I guess what i want to learn is how to live in this world and enjoy its delights, but also devote myself to God.”