“Alaythia smiled sympathetically. "The Coast of the Dead. Sounds lovely, doesn't it?" Simon tried to smile back. "Someone in a good mood named that place.”

“She tried to smile sympathetically, but with her face it wasn't quite possible.”

“I think that if we can't go back, then we should try even harder to go forward. And I do want to go forward, to a place where loving someone because they have a gentle smile and a friendly hello is as easy as it once was.”

“The statue of the Laughing Buddha act as a good friend. Whenever we are off the track, his smiling face can bring us back to the present moment, to a positive mood.”

“What did it sound like...having someone call your name across a crowded school yard? How did it feel to turn to the sound of your name, to see some smiling face or waving hand and know it was for you and you alone?" —Staggerlee”

“I’m gonna try to steal home.”I smiled. “Silly Simon, it’s not stealing if I wave you in”