“The future is a trickster rabbit, full of surprises. Only the past is predictable.”

“So, this is a rabbit, I thought. He sort of looks like Chester, only he's got longer ears and a shorter tail. And a motor in his nose.”

“It doesn't matter how many times I've been called a name, it still hurts - and it still always comes as such a surprise that I never know how to respond. Or maybe I do, but I'm afraid.”

“Maybe this is what it's like for all only children: To love the family that isn't almost as much as the one that is.”

“The point is that being a minority isn't only about the color of your skin or your religion. it's about not fitting in, being on the outside.”

“What's wrongwith being out there, out there like a starshining in the night when that's the only waythe star can be seen? You never tell a star:HeyTone it down.”

“When you're living through them, events are nothing more than stuff that happens. You're not thinking about significance. Significance only comes when you look back at your life.”