“How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming true!”

“Daydreams were dangerous because they made her wish for things she could never have.”

“Daydreams can be dangerous.”

“Stars, too, were time travelers. How many of those ancient points of light were the last echoes of suns now dead? How many had been born but their light not yet come this far? If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize we were alone? I had always known the sky was full of mysteries—but not until now had I realized how full of them the earth was.”

“Dorie herself was not very surprised, because a daydreamer is prepared for most things and in a way she had planned even this, though she had not guessed how it would come about.”

“They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.”