“Don’t look over your shoulder,don’t look in the skythe ocean is a stranger,the sun is a lie.”

“Have you ever wondered what happened to every wish made upon a star…. every longforgotten daydream…… every nightmare without an ending?” she asked, before stopping and standing behindhim. “Amaisia collects them and keeps them here.”

“Look with your heart and not with your eyes. The heart understands. The heart never lies. Believe what it feels, and trust what it shows. Look with your heart; the heart always knows. Love is not always beautiful, not at the start. But open your arms, and close your eyes tight. Look with your heart and when it finds love, your heart will be right.”

“James Joyce married a woman named Nora Barnacle. She once said to him, ‘Why don’t you write books people can read?”

“You cannot pretend to read a book. Your eyes will give you away. So will your breathing. A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe. The house can catch alight and a reader deep in a book will not look up until the wallpaper is in flames.”

“The ocean filled the footprints where a boy and cat had stood.”

“I like The Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace.”