“Maybe it was only goblin women who were restless and wanted to see the world. She didn't know.”

“She wasn't sure who were family & who were friends, and maybe they all were both, and maybe it didn't matter one bit.”

“Didn't help to ponder things that were forever gone. It only made a body restless and fill up with bees, all wanting to sting something.”

“The other girls in the village never felt restless. Nhamo was like a pot of boiling water. 'I want...I want...,' she whispered to herself, but she didn't know what she wanted and she had no idea how to find it. ”

“I didn't want to choose one world. I wanted to be part of both. I didn't want to see only one side of the sky. I wanted to see it all.”

“She wondered if there were any ugly vampires, or maybe any fat ones.Maybe they didn't make vampires out of ugly people. Or maybe ugly people just didn't want to live forever.”