“Who are they to give stars or dots? They're Wemmicks just like you."Eli to Punchinello (p. 25)”

“Not just beautiful, though--the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they're watching me.”

“She fell asleep, and it was a sleep as thin as the night clouds, dotted with dreams that came and went like the stars.”

“I know you know, and you know that I know that you know. It spirals on from there, so let's just assume the dot dot dot.”

“She's a librarian, Sim said. They're not teachers; don't give you half as much hassle. If there's a fire in the school and I've got to choose who I'm gonna save - a teacher or a librarian - the teacher's gonna burn every time.(p. 24)”

“You know what the best part of the stars is?""What's that?""They're the same no matter what sky you're standing under. I mean...yeah, they might move or look like they're in a different place, but they're the same stars.""Yeah? So?""So even if you're apart from someone you want to be with, you can look up at the stars and know they're looking at the same ones.”