“Because some things are never meant to be anything more than a moment. And that was one of them.”

“Some creatures are just meant to be left alone. They can’t be held on to, even if we love them more than anything.”

“Because of all the things I've experienced on this journey - shrinking and growing, flying sprites, living chess pieces - not a one of them is more magical than this moment.”

“I have never desired anything more than him in this moment.”

“Aaron would never make up anything like that.”"That's because Aaron doesn't say anything that requires words of more than one syllable.”

“When you want to share something with another person more than anything, it is one of the most difficult things to realize that you can never have it. Accepting this realization is even more difficult. Loving someone does mean saying goodbye to them in some cases, though we will fight that until the oftentimes bitter end before doing the right thing.”