“Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while.”

“Life is precious, fragile, fleeting - and Murphy's life was one of my favorites.”

“The impossible we do immediately. The unimaginable takes a little while.”

“Kids. You gotta love them. I adore children. A little salt, a squeeze of lemon--perfect.”

“I realized then what had happened.She had turned us--all of us, except for Mouse--into great, gaunt, long-legged hounds.Wonderful!" Lea said, pirouetting upon one toe, laughing. "Come, children!" And she leapt off into the jungle, nimble and swift as a doe.A bunch of us dogs stood around for a moment, just sort of staring at one another.And Mouse said, in what sounded to me like perfectly understandable English, "That bitch.”

“Sometimes the things that are good for you, in the long run, hurt for a little while when you first get to them.”

“...It's just one hour. Just one little hour. What could happen in one hour?”