“Scientists say that if the bombs drop again, no one will win because no one will survive. All life on Earth will end.”

“And, as the tiny lights drift into the blackness, the people pray that others around the world will remember Hiroshima and work for world peace. The atom bomb is too terrible a weapon.It must not drop again.”

“If you throw up," Kles said unsympathetically, "remember not to face the wind.""Yeah, Koko. You're the one who's been complaining about doing the same things lately," Leech said. "Enjoy it.""Oog, and double oog," was all Koko could say.”

“And all of a sudden I saw that if life seems awfully petty most of the time, every now and then there is something noble and beautiful and almost pure that lifts us suddenly out of the pettiness and lets us share in it a little.”

“Just because there's tarnish on the copper, doesn't mean there's not a shine beneath.”

“I only knew that there was a certain rightness in life--the feeling you got when you did something the way you knew you should.”

“She's trying to sabotage all the magic holding this island together. But that would create a catastrophe for all of Hawaii.""Well, that does it," Koko huffed. "As of today, she's off my Christmas card list.”