“She thought for a minute about going back, but decided that maybe being wet on a sort-of adventure was better than being dry and bored for sure.”

“She still had all of her marbles, though every one of them was a bit odd and rolled asymmetrically.”

“At least once a week, Dinsy was amused by the indignant sputtering of someone who had just spooned dill weed, not sugar, into a cup of Earl Grey tea.”

“Music is the hidden arithmetic of the soul, which does not know that it deals with numbers. (Paraphrasing Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz)”

“Not being the sort to throw a book, she pounded her fist on her cushion.”

“Not sure if there is a God or why some all-powerful being would give half a damn about the likes of me.”

“It's alarming how quickly people adjust to adventures when they are in one. You really have to work at being astonished by life.”