“Cijeli svoj život Klaus je vjerovao da ako čitaš dovoljno knjiga, možeš riješiti bilo koji problem, no sad više nije bio siguran.”

“It doesn't take courage to kill someone,' Klaus said. 'It takes a severe lack of moral stamina.”

“You're the inventor," Klaus answered, buttoning his coat. "But you can't invent things like time,”

“How do you do?" said Violet."How do you do?" said Klaus."Odo yow!" said Sunny.”

“Are you ready?" Klaus asked finally."No," Sunny answered."Me neither," Violet said, "but if we wait until we're ready we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives, Let's go.”

“What should we call him?" Klaus asked. "You should call him Dr. Montgomery," Mr. Poe replied, "unless he tells you to call him Montgomery. Both his first and last names are Montgomery, so it doesn't make much difference.""His name is Montgomery Montgomery?" Klaus said, smiling."Yes, and I'm sure he's very sensitive about that, so don't ridicule him," Mr. Poe said, coughing again into his handkerchief.”

“How did you do that?” Mr. Poe asked. “Nice girls shouldn’t know how to do such things.”“My sister is a nice girl,” Klaus said, “and she knows how to do all sorts of things.”