“No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.”

“Feed your head" means read a book.”

“Remember what the Dormouse said, Feed Your Head!”

“Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music, you can reach anybody. Between the two, there is you, unstoppable.”

“When will my country die for me?”

“You have done an unwise thing, Martise of Asher,” he said softly. “You’ve caught my interest.”

“It happened in pieces, tiny little turning points. I'll never figure out when it all turned, because it wasn't a single moments. It doesn't matter how many times I look back, how many times I try to figure it out. There is no before and after. Just a year of choices.”