“People grow couches and bikes and concrete in their front gardens instead of roses.”

“Time is up for my little caravan kingdom. It's time for a window that does not look into concrete.”

“You're polite and sensitive, and you always try to do the right thing by people. And according to my friend Kara - you remember the blonde woman from last night? - you wear a pair of jeans very well.”

“I imagine crossing Grey Street in the daytime. Would night fall over me gently like a velvety curtain? Or would the day turn dark in the blink of my eye? I don't really need the sunrise to know that Shyness is different. It's like there is a thin layer of static over everything that stops me from seeing what's really going on. People here scuttle around like they're scared of their own shadows.”

“Sometimes you have to let the world end, so you can build a new one.”

“We were just two stars in the endless night sky, as dazzling and dwarfed and stupendous and insignificant as that made us.”

“Blake peers around Amelia's shoulder. "He looks like Sleeping Beauty.""Don't ever say that to his face," says Wolfboy."Actually, do. If he wakes up, promise me you'll say that to his face.”