“Cthulhu seems like kind of a wuss if he can be trapped by a sinking island or killed by a boat.""That’s just because the stars aren’t right. When the stars are right, it don’t matter how many boats hit him. He’ll sink whole continents and lick off the people like salt off a pretzel.""Says you.""You keep talking smack like that, he’s gonna eat you first.”

“Your boat's not like to sink, I don't think. Boats only sink when I'm aboard.”

“You can bail water 24/7, and no matter how good you are at not sinking, you still have a hole in your boat.”

“It was scary. It was dark. You couldn't see anyone. You could hear people hollering, "Help, help." And all you can see is the stars, so many stars in the sky. More than we saw before when we had electricity. That's the only light we had, the stars. And it was just so close, so close to me. I just laid on the porch and watched the stars. And to me, this might sound crazy to other people, but to me it was like God looking down at us and talking. We don't hear no voice but he's talking. And to me it was like everything was going to be all right and my baby, my son who had died, is going to to be with him. And I always felt like I'm gonna be all right. And I don't have no fear.”

“To say my fate is not tied to your fate is like saying, your end of the boat is sinking.”

“That’s right, Sadie. For our first real date, I picked up Zia in a boat pulled by a deranged griffin. So what? Like your dates aren’t weird?”