“When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.”

“I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.”

“When did we stop being people, being human?”

“When a monster stopped behaving like a monster, did it stop being a monster? Did it become something else?”

“When he finally stopped calling, the hush felt strange. It felt like the whole world went silent when Marc did, as if I could see peoples mouths moving, but I couldnt hear what they were saying. Like I'd gone deaf.”

“The soldier was like that. He was an expert in getting other people to do what he wanted. The only creature that could make the soldier do something he did not want was Midnight, and Midnight did things she did not want only when Whippersnapper wanted something. That put the kitten right at the top of the pecking order. A kitten!”